Topic: AIF - 3B - 8 LHR
8th LHR, AIF
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Archibald Samuel Shaw
Archibald Samuel Shaw
Service number: 1015
Rank: Corporal [Cpl]
Unit: 8th Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 9 August 1916
Cause of death: Killed in action
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: SHAW, Cpl. Archibald Samuel, 1015. 8th Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 9th Aug., 1916. Age 37. Son of Frederick and Elizabeth Shaw. Native of Terang, Victoria, Australia. B. 90.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
A brief military biography of Archibald Samuel Shaw from The AIF Project:
Regimental number | 1015 |
Place of birth | Adelaide, South Australia |
School | State |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Lyons Street, Terang, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 34 |
Next of kin | Mrs Elizabeth Shaw, Lyons Street, Terang, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in South Africa fighting Boers |
Enlistment date | 24 November 1914 |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 8th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/13/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A66 Uganda on 21 June 1915 |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action 9 August 1916 |
Age at death | 37 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 37 |
Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 90), Egypt |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 6 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Frederick and Elizabeth SHAW. Native of Terang, Victoria |
Family/military connections | "Yes, brother died from wounds received at Walkers Ridge 7 August 1915" as provided by mother. |
Lest we forget
Further Reading:
8th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 8th LHR, Roll of Honour, Archibald Samuel Shaw