Alexander SHAW

Regimental number27966
Place of birthSandford, Victoria, Australia
True NameSHAW, Alexander Davidson
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Shaw, Woolsthorpe, Victoria, Australia
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 12th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 16 October 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of disease 15 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialCodford St Mary (St Mary) New Churchyard (Grave No 30), Wiltshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Elizabeth Shaw, 170 Coventry Street, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, and the late Thomas Shaw
Other details

War service: England

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 43, p. 29