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Private HARRY GILBERT SHAPLEY

Service Number: 7968
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Army Medical Corps

13th Field Amb.

Date of Death

Died 17 November 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN

VI. I. 2.

France

Cleaned

Photographer: R Tedford

Cleaned

Photographer: R Tedford

Photos of cemeteries and churchyards in Scotland, taken in 2009 by Iain Anderson, RS and shared on CD: East Ayrshire

Photographer: Iain Anderson

  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of William Thomas and Alice Shapley, of Port Pirie, South Australia. Born Broken Hill, New South Wales.
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Buried or commemorated at

QUARRY CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN
Somme France
Number of casualties: 755
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