SHAW, Edward John
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 16 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bermondsey, London, England, 5 November 1889 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 3 May 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Four brothers also died, sons of Thomas and Harriet Shaw of London England.
89 Private Jesse Shaw 13th Battalion AIF, died of wounds at sea 3rd May, 1915. Age 23. Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli 39.
G/9633 Lance Corporal Henry James Shaw 11th Battalion Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) killed in action 15 September 1916 age 29. Son of Thomas and Harriet Shaw; husband of Beatrice Kate Shaw, of 6, Beverley Rd., Chiswick, London. THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. According to local British newspapers Henry returned to England to enlist.
R/33655 Rifleman Thomas Samuel Shaw 8th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps killed in action 3 May 1917 age 35. Husband of Susie Lilian Shaw, of 67, Abbeyfield Rd., Rotherhithe, London. ARRAS MEMORIAL.
633502 Private James Friend C Company 20th Battalion London Regiment killed in action 31 August 1917 age 20. Son of Thomas Shaw, of 20, Brindley St., Shardeloes Rd., New Cross, London. MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY V. A. 4. The inscription on his CWGC headstone, as requested by his father, reads "IN LOVING MEMORY / OF JIM & HIS FOUR BROTHERS / KILLED IN ACTION / UNITED IN DEATH".