Walter Harold SHAW

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SHAW, Walter Harold

Service Number:	924
Enlisted:	26 February 1915
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	23rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Collingwood, Victoria., date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 4 December 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Heilly Station Cemetery Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France, Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, Peronne, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

26 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 924, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 924, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
3 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 924, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 924 awm_unit: 23 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-12-03
Date unknown:	Involvement 23rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Lance Corporal Walter Harold Shaw, 924, 23rd Australian Infantry Battalion. Served in the Citizen Military Forces. He served at Gallipoli and the Western Front. He was wounded on 7 December 1916 at the Somme, France and died on 3 December 1916, age 24. Cemetery: Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'Abbe, Picardie, France.

Edward and Mary SHAW, 83 Roseberry Street, Auburn, Victoria

Brothers, Frederick James SHAW and Charles Percival SHAW . Brother in Law, Basil Percy WATSON

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