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Thomas Charles SHAW

Regimental number2677
Place of birthCoburg, Victoria
SchoolState School
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationRailway employee
Address5 Spring Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, F Shaw, 5 Spring Street, Port Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets
Enlistment date22 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/22/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board SS Makarini on 15 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No. 18), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
18
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Sarah SHAW, 171 Montague Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Family/military connections"Brother in Law, Gunner David Berry Killed in Action 22 Sept.'17" as provided by mother

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