Shaw, Thomas Charles (2677)
Place of Birth: Coburg, VIC
Age: 18 years 10 months
Enlistment Details: Tuesday, 22 June 1915 – Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 2677 view online service record
Address:
5 Spring Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
F Shaw (father)
5 Spring Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 15 September 1915
Ship: SS Makarini
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion – 8th Reinforcements
Fate:
KIA: Thursday, 4 October 1917
Place: France
Brother-in-Law: David Arbon Berry
Gunner, 13 Field Artillery, killed in action 4 October, 1917, Belgium, aged 20, The Huts Cemetery, Belgium.
Parents: Thomas and Sarah SHAW, born Coburg, educated Nott Street SS, Workingmen’s College. Enlisted from 5 Spring Street, Port Melbourne with his father as next of kin, but the circular returned by his mother place her at 171 Montague Street, South Melbourne. Only son. A brother-in-law, 27753, David Arbon BERRY from Port Melbourne was also killed in action.
Additional research by Brian Membrey
1917 ‘KILLED IN ACTION.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 10 November, p. 2. , viewed 12 Oct 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88369796
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Brian Membrey
SHAW. – Killed in action, October 4, 1917, Gunner T. C. Shaw. We were privileged to have his friendship, and loved him dearly.
In peace a Friend;
In war a Hero;
At all times a Man.
Inserted by his loving uncle, Willie Johnson, on active service abroad; also friend, Mrs. G. W. Horsley, Kimberley, South Africa. (Port Melbourne Standard, 10 November, 1917)
Brian Membrey
“He was called “Tommy”. He was tall, thin and dark. He was killed at the Battery position. I saw his body at the wagon lines near Dickiebusch. He was buried in the cemetery at Dickiebusch with other men killed at the same time. I was working in the cook house at the time. I saw the funeral party but did not go to the funeral” (Gunner J.H. Woodward, 3303, 13th Field Artillery)