SHAW, George Walter
| Service Number: | 348 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | New South Wales, Australia, 1872 |
| Home Town: | Wellington, Wellington, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 21 March 1941, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Plot: Zone D Section 13 Grave 549 |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 348 | |
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| 28 Mar 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Farrier Sergeant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 129, notes promoted to Farrier Sergeant 28 Mar 1901. | |
| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Farrier Sergeant, 348, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 1 May 1901: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Quartermaster Sergeant, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 516, notes promoted to Farrier Quartermaster-Sergeant 1 May 1901. | |
| 1 Mar 1902: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Quartermaster Sergeant, 348, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 516, notes slightly wounded at Albertina Siding 1 Mar 1902. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Quartermaster Sergeant, 348, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When George Walter Shaw enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as H. Shaw, Wellington, NSW. In the original Nominal Roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by Nationl Archives, it notes his N.O.K. was his father.
George Walter Shaw was born in 1872 in New South Wales, a son to Henry and Margaret Shaw. After discharge he returned to NSW and was married by 1903 when he and his wife, Elizabeth, welcolmed their first child. When George passed on 21 Mar 1941 his death notice in The Sydney Morning Herald, 22 Mar 1941, noted he was "the youngest son of the late Henry and Margaret Shaw, of Wellington, NSW".
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 516; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 5; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 6th QIB, Bk 2 p. 129; newspaper articles- see links).
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