Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918

Shea W C         Gunner    33236    William Charles             FAB    24    Clerk    Single    R C       

Address:    Moonee Ponds, Moore St, 59   

Next of Kin:    Shea, Frederick, father, 59 Moore St, Moonee Ponds   

Enlisted:    28 Oct 1916       

Embarked:     A9 Shropshire 11 May 1917   

Relatives on Active Service:

Shea-A-J-Driver-33235 brother

BOB SNAPE'S: DIARY & LETTERS, from July 1915 to July 1919.

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• 20 December 1917:  "Have you heard anything of Frank Spencer or Maurice Platts or any of the others lately? I haven’t. Two of the Sheas are in the artillery. [Probably Albert and William.] Tol said that Edgely Hulme had enlisted".

War Service Commemorated 

Essendon Town Hall R-Y

Ascot Vale School Honour Roll

Essendon Gazette Roll of Honour With the Colours