Regimental number | 2690 |
Place of birth | Crystal Brook, South Australia |
School | Crystal Brook Public School, South Australia |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Engine cleaner |
Address | Crystal Brook, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21.9 |
Height | 5' 6" |
Weight | 120 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Agnes Ann Shea, Crystal Brook, South Australia |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Keswick, South Australia |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 10th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 2690A |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 50th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 24 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot LXIII, Row G, Grave No. 4), Passchendaele, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 151 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Cornelius and Agnes SHEA, Crystal Brook South Australia |
Family/military connections | Brother: 3202 Lance Corporal Cornelius Patrick SHEA, 50th Bn, killed in action, 2 April 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, SHEA Charles James |