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Name: Albert SHAW
Casualty No.: Ranks: Driver Initials: A Service No.: T/282902
Date of Birth : - Place of Birth : Huddersfield, Yorkshire. Age at Death: 28
Unit: 11 Field Ambulance, Royal Army Service Corps.
Former Unit(s):
Place Enlisted:
Place of Residence: Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Home Address: 1 Claude Street, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
Previous Address:
Civilian Employment: Factory worker
How Died: Died of wounds
Date of Death: Saturday 28th November 1942
Place of Death: Tunisia, North Africa.
Battle/Campaign:
Locally Commemorated: St John's Church, Roll of Honour, Greenside, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.
UK Commemorated: -
Overseas Commemorated: -
Buried: Oued Zarga War Cemetery, Tunisia.
Decoration and Medals: 1939-45 Star. Africa Star. War Medal.
Photographs: 1
Service Records: No
Death Notice/Obituary: Newcastle Evening Chronicle, In Memoriam;
Family Details:
Son of John Richard and Annie Shaw. Husband of Elizabeth Rodgers Shaw, of 1 Claude Street, Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham. Brother; Gladney. Sister in law; Nancy. Nieces; Ann and Ellen. Remembered by Mr and Mrs. T. Scott, of Newburn on Tyne, Northumberland.
Notes :
Sources Used: Commonwealth War Graves Debt of Honour Register. Army Roll of Honour, 1939-45. Newcastle Journal, 15th January 1943. Information from family members.
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