McShane, William Stephen (Lieutenant, b.1896 - d.1918)

Place Europe: France
Accession Number 1DRL/0462
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 1 wallet: 1 cm.
Object type Letter
Maker McShane, William Stephen
Various
Place made United Kingdom: England
Date made 1918
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM93 12/11/1537
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Collection relating to the service of Lieutenant William Stephen McShane, 6 Battalion AIF. Collection consists of a letter from Herbert Bellamy of Burgh Castle, Great Yarmouth to Lt. McShane, a letter of condolence from Chaplain George Walter Carter, 6 Battalion AIF to Lt. McShane's father, and a letter from 2137/1179 Corporal John McLeod Reid, 6 Battalion AIF to McShane's mother.

History / Summary

Biographical note: Lieutenant William Stephen McShane, 6 Battalion AIF. Carpenter of Bendigo, Victoria; born Bendigo; educated at the Marist Brothers School; was a Lieutenant in the senior cadets at Bendigo; joined the AIF on 7 July 1915; took part in one of the first raids made by the AIF in France; killed in action on 9 August 1918 at Rosieres, France, aged 22.