SHAKES, Valentine
| Service Number: | 455 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | St. Peters College |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Trooper, 455, 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
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World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement 31st Black Horse 5th Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Private Valentine Shakes twin brother of Mr. G. J Shakes, of the Hydraulic Engineer's Department, is serving in the Canadian 5th Battalion, and has been in the trenches 15 months. He went right through the Ypres battle and took part in many other engagements, but up to the time he last wrote to his brother he had not received even a scratch. Mr. Shakes also went scathless through the Boer war with the Western Australian 5th Contingent. He is a son of the late Mr. James Shakes, of Kapunda, of Bagot, Shakes and Lewis, and a brother of Mrs. W. C. Martin, of Kapunda, and went to Canada about two years after the Boer war.