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Rank Private
Service # 401305
Unit # 33rd battalion
Resident Chatham
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Private Shaw went overseas with the 33rd battalion arriving in England June 30, 1915.

He proceeded to France the first week of August attached to the 1st battalion.

He was wounded in the hip and thigh at Messines, Nov. 29 and was admitted to Beaven Hospital, Kent, England, Dec. 3, 1915,

He returned to France about the end of April 1916 and receuved a gunshot wound in the arm Sept. 15. After three weeks at the Base Hospital he returned to his unit.

While raiding enemy trenches on the night of Apr. 3, 1917, he was again wounded and died at No. 42 Casualty Clearing Station, France, April 5, 1917.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Cenotaph Chatham and Kent County Cenotaph - Chatham
Sources Chatham Daily Planet (27-09-1919)
Supplemental Information Father: William Shaw, England Mother: Mrs. Eliza Shaw Brothers: John, William, Alexander Sisters: Maggie, Liza, Jane, Emma, Agnes, Joan
Height 5'9-1/2"
Eye Colour blue
Age 18
Complexion fair
Hair light brown
Race white
Religion Prebysterian
Last Place of Employment Farmer
Marital Status single
When Enlisted Jan. 1915
Where Enlisted London ON

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