SHIERLAW, Norman Craig
| Service Number: | Officer |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 16 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 23 August 1883 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College, University of Adelaide, South Australia and Edinburgh University |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 11 April 1917, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Vraucourt Copse Cemetery, Vaulx-Vraucourt Plot II, Row B, Grave 13 Headstone Inscription "BELOVED YOUNGEST SON" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, Australian Army Medical Corps WW1 | |
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| 13 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 13th Infantry Battalion |
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Norman Craig SHIERLAW was born in Adelaide, South Australia on 23rd August, 1883
His parents were Joseph Craig SHIERLAW & Emma BALDWINSON
Biography contributed by Annette Summers
SHIERLAW Norman Craig MC FRCS(Ed) LRCP
1883-1917
Norman Craig Shierlaw was born on the 23rd August 1883 in Adelaide son of Joseph Craig Shierlaw and Emma née Baldwinson, brother of Howard 1879, Allan 1881 and Edith 1886. His father owned ‘Sheirlaw and Co.’ which was a Tailors, Clothiers, Outfitters and Hatters business in Hindley Street Adelaide. He was educated at Prince Alfred College, the University of Adelaide and Edinburgh University. The Prince Alfred College Chronicle reported that “He was much interested in social problems in civil life before he went to the war”.
Sheirlaw joined the AIF in June 1915 at the age of 31 years and applied for a Commission in the AAMC. He was single and his father of 52 Eaton St, Malvern, SA was named as his next of kin. He was posted to a Convalescent Depot, in England. He embarked from Melbourne on the 17th July 1915. He was attached as MO to the 1st Anzac entrenching Bn at Etaples on the 11th June 1916 and remained with them until a posting to the Australian 4th FdAmb and then to the 13th Bn as RMO in August 1916. He died of wounds received in action on the 11th April 1916 and was buried in the Australian Dressing Station Cemetery. He was re-interned to the British Cemetery in 1929, ½ mile SW of the Vaulx-Vraucourt Corps British Cemetery, France Plot 2, Row B, Grave 13 , 3 miles NE of Bapaume. He was awarded the Military Cross posthumously on 22nd February 1917 for; “conspicuous gallantry in action and devotion to duty. He continually attended to the wounded for two days and nights under heavy fire. He has on many occasions done fine work”. Correspondence between his father and the AIF for the receipt of the MC and the details of his son’s death took more than a year for a satisfactory response. His family received his 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, and the Memorial Scroll and Kings Message in 1921 and the Memorial Plaque in 1922.
Source
Blood, Sweat and Fears: Medical Practitioners and Medical Students of South Australia, who Served in World War 1.
Verco, Summers, Swain, Jelly. Open Books Howden, Adelaide 2014.
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