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Corporal HERBERT STEWART SHANNON

Service Number: 5628
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

19th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

II. F. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of David and Lillian I. H. Shannon, of "Baroona," Ardletham, New South Wales. Born at Charlton, Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 815
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