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Michael Joseph SHIELDS

Regimental number857
Place of birthNewcastle, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationMiner
AddressJasper Hill via Cue, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation39
Height5' 9"
Weight172 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Shields, 3 Abbotsford Road, Rozelle, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 February 1916
Place of enlistmentBlackboy Hill, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/7/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 20 February 1916
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal RollMining Corps
FateDied of disease 24 August 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Second entry both matched
Place of burialLonguenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 45), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
27
Other details

War service: Western Front

Wounded in action, 22 May 1916 (gun shot wound, left ear).

Admitted to 7th General Hospital, France, 23 August 1916 (cerebro-spinal meingitis).

Died of disease, 24 August 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, SHIELDS Michael Joseph

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