Trooper

Leo John Shaw

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Thomas and Rose Ann Shaw, of Parkham, Delorairme, Australia.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
9/970
Name:
Leo John Shaw
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs T. Shaw (mother), Parkham, via Deloraine, Tasmania, Australia
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Care of J. O'Brien, Hotel, Riverton, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Otago Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, on H.M.H.S. "Devanha,"
Date of Death:
23 August 1915
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
26
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
4th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
17 April 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 21
HMNZT 22
HMNZT 23
Vessel:
Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
72
Cemetery Location: 
Turkey
Leo John Shaw
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