Service Number: SX7216
Enlisted: 29 June 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Adelaide, SA, 19 October 1912
Home Town: Unley, Unley, South Australia
Memorials: Penneshaw Dudley District Hall Roll of Honour WW2
29 Jun 1940: Involvement Corporal, SN SX7216, 2nd/43rd Infantry Battalion
29 Jun 1940: Enlisted Adelaide, SA
8 Nov 1945: Discharged
Item details for: B883, SX7216
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Descendants of :
Laurence SHAKESHAFT was born 13 Oct 1881 in Kapunda, SA and died 05 Jul 1960 in American River, SA. He married Clarissa Bertha (Merle) BUICK 16 Nov 1908 in Hog Bay, Kangaroo Island, SA. She was born 29 Nov 1886 in Kangaroo Head, Kangaroo Island, SA and died 12 Sep 1977 in Adelaide, SA, daughter of David Weir BUICK and Henrietta HACKNEY.
Other events in the life of Laurence SHAKESHAFT
Electoral roll: BET 1939 & 1943, Muston, Kangaroo Island
Burial: 07 Jul 1960, American River Cemetery, Kangaroo Island, SA
Children of Laurence SHAKESHAFT and Clarissa Bertha (Merle) BUICK:
i. Nellie Mavis SHAKESHAFT was born 27 Jan 1909 in Hackney, SA. She married Edwin Albert HENNIG 30 Sep 1929 in Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, SA. He was born 18 Jun 1898 in Parnaroo, SA and died 05 Aug 1950 in Unley, SA.
ii. William Geoffrey (Bill) SHAKESHAFT was born 19 Oct 1912 in Norwood, SA and died 19 Nov 1994 in Kingswood, SA
iii. Hilda Kathleen SHAKESHAFT was born 22 May 1917 in Normanville, SA
Last updated : 28 June 2021