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Samuel SHAW

Regimental number936
Place of birthVictoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer
Address72 Albion Street, West Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Shaw, 72 Albion Street, West Brunswick, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date14 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 February 1917
Place of death or woundingSomme - France
Age at death27.9
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialBancourt British Cemetery (Plot V, Row D, Grave No. 4), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Janet SHAW, 72 Albion Street, Brunswick, Victoria

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