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Joseph SHIER

Regimental number99
Place of birthBeaconfield, Fremantle, Western Australia
SchoolNewcastle Street State School, Perth, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMill hand
AddressBarton's Hiill, Peckering Brook, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMrs J Tulloch, Barton's Hill, Peckering Brook, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Navy.
Enlistment date26 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 31 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot IV, Row H, Grave No. 7), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
64
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Caroline TALLOCK, 280 Charles Street, North Perth, Western Australia, and the late Henry SHIER; husband of Mrs L. SHIER

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