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• Name
• Initials
• Vorname
• Place of birth Nhill
• Land Victoria, Australia
• Last residence Meeniyan, Victoria
• Family Son of William and Selina Shrives, of Narre Warren, Victoria, Australia
• Profession Farmer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 18 May 1916, Melbourne
• Service number 338
• Rank Private
• Medals 1914-15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 15th Coy. Australian Machine Gun Corps
• Other data related to military career Embarkation 16 August 1916, Melbourne; to France January 1917; wounded in the head September 1917

Death

• Wounded 18 October, Becelaere
• Type of wounds Died of shot wounds shoulder, penetrating chest, in n°2 Can CCS
• Died at the age of 25
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXV - J - 18A

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