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Bertram George Shaw

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Bertram George AWMM
  • Surname
    Shaw AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 84 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Westport, Buller District Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Edward Shaw, 29 Home Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 17 August 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 84 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 7" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      140 lb AWMM
    • 04 Oct 1917 {Age 29} AWMMKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked from Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 5 April 1915.
    Appointed Lance Corporal, 23 May 1915.
    Wounded in action, 6 August 1915 (gun shot wound, knee); admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance, 7 August 1915; transferred to Mudros, 7 August 1915. Admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, Egypt, 13 August 1915; transferred to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, 18 August 1915; to Helouan Convalescent Camp, 4 September 1915; discharged from A&NZ Convalescent Camp to Overseas Base, Ghezireh, 1 December 1915. rejoined Bn, Serapeum, 6 March 1916.
    Proceeded from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 23 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 30 March 1916.
    Appointed Temporary Corporal, 1 August 1916; Corporal, 30 August 1916; Temporary Sergeant, 30 August 1916; reverted to Corporal, 3 October 1916; appointed Lance Sergeant, 17 January 1917.
    Admitted to 1st Australian Field Ambulance, 27 February 1917 (pyrexian, unknown origin); rejoined unit, 9 March 1917.
    Promoted Sergeant, 19 April 1917.
    On leave to Paris, 28 August 1917; rejoined unit, 1 September 1917.
    Killed in action, Belgium, 4 October 1917.
    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    4 October 1917 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 29 AWMM
    Polygon Wood, Belgium Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    No known grave AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM

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