Alfred Thomas SHAW

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SHAW, Alfred Thomas

Service Number:	2023
Enlisted:	28 January 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Croydon, England, 1878
Home Town:	Worsley, Collie, Western Australia
Schooling:	St Thomas School, Huddersfield, England
Occupation:	Gas Fitter
Died:	Killed In Action, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, 1 August 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row G, Grave 28 Chaplain T.G. Robertson officiated Headstone inscription reads: There is a bond that death cannot sever, love and remembrance live forever
Memorials:	Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 1 Service

28 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2023, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
29 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2023, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
29 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2023, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

His age varies. On enlistment (January1915) his age was given to just over 37 years but his age at the time of death was as 46 years

Address at the time of enlistment was Blackboy Hill, SA

Son of John Hellawell Shaw and Mary Ann Shaw if Shaw Street, Milnsbridge, Huddersfield, England. Brother of James E. Shaw of Chinley, Stockport, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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