Regimental number | 4208 |
Place of birth | Riverton, South Australia |
School | Riverton Public School & Gawler High School, South Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | Mt Gambier, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Victoria May Shawyer, Kadina, South Australia |
Previous military service | Previously served; Served in the Citizen Military Forces |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 27th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/44/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Mongolia on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 27th Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death | 23.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 15), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 111 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John and Victoria SHAWYER, Kadina, South Australia. Native of Riverton, South Australia |
Family/military connections | "His cousin Leonard Clare HODGE obtained the D.C.M. and another cousin Roy Clare HODGE was lost in the British criuser Vikmor off the Irish coast" as provided by mother |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |