Bert SHUMACK

SHUMACK, Bert

    Service Number: 3721
    Enlisted: 23 July 1917, Sydney
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 56th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Dark Corner, New South Wales, Australia, 16 November 1897
    Home Town: Rydal, Lithgow, New South Wales
    Schooling: Dark Corner Public School, New South Wales, Australia
    Occupation: Stockman
    Died: Killed in Action, Peronne, France, 9 September 1918, aged 20 years
    Cemetery: Daours Communal Cemetery Extension, France
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    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bathurst War Memorial Carillon
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Jul 1917: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3721, Sydney
    31 Oct 1917: Involvement Private, 3721, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
    31 Oct 1917: Embarked Private, 3721, 56th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
    2 Sep 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3721, 56th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, Shell wound head

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    Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

    PRIVATE BERT. SHUMACK.
    Private Bert. Shumack, who was not quite 20 years of age, died of wounds received in France on September 9. He was the adopted son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shumack of Needle Station, Dark Corner, and enlisted in July of last year. He was employed on the station and was noted as a rider and a shot. The late soldier was exceedingly popular in
    the Dark Corner district, and his death came as a blow to many.

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