Military History

Embarked Fremantle per ‘Ascanius’ 29.6.1915.
Roll Rank Private.
Roll Unit 7th Reinf, ‘D’ Company, 28th Battalion, AIF.
Shaw disembarked Egypt. Joined MEF at Alexandria. Embarked per ‘Ivernia’ for Gallipoli 4.9.1915. To hospital 26.9.1915 with ANZAC Influenza. Transferred by HS ‘Gloucester’ to Malta with Scarlet Fever 1.10.1915. He was transferred to Ghajn, Tuffieha Malta 11.12.1915. He embarked per ’Bornu’ for Egypt on discharge from hospital. Shaw rejoined his unit 6.3.1916. He joined the BEF in Alexandria and embarked for France 16.3.1916. He disembarked at Marseilles 21.3.1916. The 28th Bn fought their fist major engagement in Europe at Pozieres btween July 28th-August 6th. Saw was KIA 29.7.1916 at Pozieres He was buried 1 mile East of Thiepval and 4 miles North East of Albert, France. In 1922, his body was exhumed and reinterred to Trench Cemetery, Courcelette, 5 ½ Miles North North East of Albert, France Plot 7, Row K, Grave 18.
Final Rank Private 28th Bn. AIF.
Medical Condition Deceased, KIA.
Awards and Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Photos  HMAT 'Ascanius' 1914. Photographer E.L. Mitchell, photograph source AWM H16157
               Gallipoli. Hospital barge carrying sick and wounded  to Hospital Ships. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM P00591.002
               Australian graves at Pozieres  12 months after the battle, 1917.  Photographer unknown, photograph sourced  AWM E0099
               Regina Trench Cemetery, near Courcelette, Grandcourt, France. Photographer unknown, photograph source CWGC website

Information Source
AWM H16157. HMAT 'Ascanius' 1914. Photographer E.L. Mitchell, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Austalian War Memorial
AWM P00591.002. Gallipoli. Hospital barge carrying sick and wounded  to Hospital Ships. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM E0099. Australian graves at Pozieres  12 months after the battle, 1917.  Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM Embarkation Roll Robert, Garland Shaw
CWGC. Regina Trench Cemetery, near Courcelette, Grandcourt, France. Photographer unknown, photograph source Commonwealth War Graves Commission  website, http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/23000/REGINA%20TRENCH%20CEMETERY,%20GRANDCOURT
Guildford Grammar School Honour Roll
NAA: B2455 Robert Garland Coryn Shaw


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