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Andrew SHIELDS

Regimental number5190
Place of birthNorth Melbourne Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationTinsmith
Address66 Canning Street, North Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, A Shields, 66 Canning Street, North Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date25 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 January 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialGuards' Cemetery (Plot V, Row E, Grave No. 9), Lesboeufs, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrew and Jane SHIELDS. Native of North Melbourne
Family/military connectionsCousins: Possibly No.7528 (1032) Hugh Alexander Shields, 11th Battalion, who was killed in action at ...... on 24 April 1918 and Charles Morrison, killed in action in France.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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