George Irvine SHAW

Regimental number6/1710
Place of birthGore
AddressCheviot
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary A Shaw, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 4 Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Medical Corps
FateKilled in Action 19 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row G, Grave No 5), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mary Ann Shaw, McLean Street, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, and the late George Denniston Shaw
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Third

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