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Richard Stewart Shaw |
Richard Stewart Shaw
CWGC: (Richard Stewart Shaw)
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Australian Pioneers, 2nd Battalion
No: 3537
Date of Death: 14th October 1917
Age: 22
Buried Hagle Dump Cemetery
Additional Information: Son of Richard Milne Shaw and Elizabeth Helen Shaw, Gregory Street, Mackay, Queensland, Australia. Born at Glasgow, Scotland.
SNWM: (Richard Stewart Shaw)
Rank: Lance Corporal
Regiment: Australian Expeditionary Force, 2nd Pioneer Battalion
No: 3537
Date of Death: 14th October 1917
Place of Death: Belgium
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Australian Service Records:
Richard Stewart Shaw, born Glasgow, arrived in Australia aged 18 years
Attested at Rockhampton, Queensland, 30th August 1915, Private, 26th Battalion, No. 3539
Age 20 years 1 month. Height 5 feet 4 ins. Complexion Fresh. Eyes Greyish. Hair Brown. Fitter/Engineer
Previously employed by G. & J. Weirs, Glasgow
Currently belonging to Rifle Club, Mackay (1 year)
N.O.K: Father, Richard Shaw, Wood Street, Mackay, Queensland
Transferred to ‘A’ Company, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, 14th arch 1916
Appointed Lance Corporal, 17th May 1917
Killed in Action in Belgium, 14th October 1917
Buried in vicinity of Westhoek, Map Reference 28.J.1.d.63.13
Remains recovered and interred at Hagle Dump Cemetery, Elverdinghe, 2 miles east of Poperinghe
(Father, R. Shaw, Gregory Street, Mackay, Queensland advised of above details in February 1926)
Medal Entitlement: British War & Victory Medals
Glasgow Herald, 9th January 1918. ‘Deaths on Service’
Shaw. Killed in action, 10th October 1917, Lance Corporal Richard Stewart Shaw (Stewart), age 22, Australian Imperial Force, eldest son of Richard and Bessie Shaw, Mackay, Queensland, late of Comelypark Street, Dennistoun.
Listed on Australian Roll of Honour:
Lance Corporal Richard Stewart Shaw, Australian Army, 2nd Australian Pioneer Battalion, No. 3537
1901 Census, Living at 175 Comelypark Street, Dennistoun
Father Richard Shaw, age 32, Brewers Traveller, born Glasgow
Mother Elizabeth Shaw, age 29, born Glasgow
Children: Richard S. Shaw, age 5, Scholar, born Glasgow
Mary Shaw, age 2, born Glasgow