'Recommended for courage and devotion to duty during attack on HINDENBURG LINE South of REINCOURT on 11th April 1917. After our troops retired to our original line this Non Commissioned Officer organised and led a band of Stretcher Bearers up to enemies wire to recover our wounded. he took the risk of enemy firing on him as Stretcher Bearers had received no respect from enemy Machine Guns and Snipers previous to this. Enemy allowed him to collect wounded and No Machine guns opened fire but snipers and shells were causing casualties all the time. he was successful in getting in all the wounded south of enemy wire and even when enemy warned him at the approach of night that they would allow nor more wounded to be collected he continued to lead out parties and assisted himself in carrying until all our wounded were collected.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169
Date: 4 October 1917

Regimental number	1669
Place of birth	Longford, Tasmania
School	State School
Religion	Roman Catholic
Occupation	Letterpress printer
Address	12 Church Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Marital status	Single
Age at embarkation	20
Next of kin	Father, Peter Shaw, 12 Church Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Enlistment date	8 January 1915
Rank on enlistment	Private
Unit name	15th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number	23/32/2
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll	Commissioned
Rank from Nominal Roll	Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll	15th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular	Military Medal
Fate	Killed in Action 8 August 1918
Place of death or wounding	North France
Age at death	23.3
Age at death from cemetery records	23
Place of burial	Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 8), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial	77
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records	Parents: Peter and Rosa SHAW, 12 Church Street, Launceston, Tasmania
Medals	Military Medal 'Recommended for courage and devotion to duty during attack on HINDENBURG LINE South of REINCOURT on 11th April 1917. After our troops retired to our original line this Non Commissioned Officer organised and led a band of Stretcher Bearers up to enemies wire to recover our wounded. he took the risk of enemy firing on him as Stretcher Bearers had received no respect from enemy Machine Guns and Snipers previous to this. Enemy allowed him to collect wounded and No Machine guns opened fire but snipers and shells were causing casualties all the time. he was successful in getting in all the wounded south of enemy wire and even when enemy warned him at the approach of night that they would allow nor more wounded to be collected he continued to lead out parties and assisted himself in carrying until all our wounded were collected.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 169 Date: 4 October 1917

Bernard Joseph SHAW