Walter SHAW

Regimental number6/3866
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinWife, Mrs J H Shaw, c/o I G Gow, Earncliff, Selwyn Street, Timaru
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankCorporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 21 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Jessie Helen Shaw, Selwyn Street, Timaru. Native of Timaru.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 26