Regimental number--- 359
Place of birth--- Crediton, Devonshire, England
School--- Haywards, Crediton and Grammar School, Crediton, England
Age on arrival in Australia--- 19
Religion--- Presbyterian
Occupation--- Farm hand
Address--- Jeetho PO, Jeetho, Victoria
Marital status--- Single
Age at embarkation--- 28
Next of kin--- Edwin John Shapland, Jeetho PO, Jeetho, Victoria
Previous military service--- Nil
Enlistment date--- 25 August 1914
Rank on enlistment--- Private
Unit name--- 8th Battalion, C Company, Australian Infantry Battalion, A.I.F
AWM Embarkation Roll number--- 23/25/1
Embarkation details--- Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A24 Benalla on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll--- Private
Unit from Nominal Roll--- 8th Battalion
Fate--- Died of wounds 4 May 1915
Place of death or wounding--- Gallipoli, Turkey
Age at death--- 29
Parents--- Son of Edwin John(died Dandenong, 1940, age 82 yrs, and Louise (née Reed) Shapland (died 18th September 1929, Korumburra, Vic).
Brother --- Reginald Reed Shapland, Service nuimber, 968 of , Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery, 6th Bn died 4th May 1917 in France. ( 16188320).
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Percy Edwin Shapland was born near Crediton in Devon, England in July 1886 to Edwin John and Louise Shapland, nee Reed. He emigrated to Australia in 1906, with his parents and other siblings following in about 1912.
Percy enlisted on 19 August 1914 with a desire to join the Light Horse or alternatively the artillery. With no vacancies there he agreed to be assigned to the 8th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, AIF and was given the Service Number 359. He embarked in Melbourne on 19 October 1914 per SS Benalla as part of the First Contingent for Alexandria in Egypt. After a period of training in a camp under the shadow of the pyramids at Mena, he was sent to Anzac Cove.
Percy survived the initial attack on ANZAC Day at Gallipoli, sending a postcard of the scene back to his parents at Jeetho, near Korumburra in Victoria. However, while fighting on the Gallipoli peninsula, on 29 April he sustained a bullet wound to the left shoulder that lodged in the spine, causing a merciful paralysis. From Gallipoli he was evacuated to hospital in Egypt.
Percy died of his wounds at 8.45 pm in the No. 2 General Hospital at Ghezireh Palace in Egypt on 4 May 1915. The attending nurse, Sister Boycer, noted it was the "sweetest and most peaceful death she has ever witnessed" as Percy, after having John 14, verse 2 read to him from the New Testament in his tunic pocket said, "Goodbye, I'm going home." He is buried in Section B220 in the British Cemetery in Cairo.
written by Douglas E Booth
Place of birth--- Crediton, Devonshire, England
School--- Haywards, Crediton and Grammar School, Crediton, England
Age on arrival in Australia--- 19
Religion--- Presbyterian
Occupation--- Farm hand
Address--- Jeetho PO, Jeetho, Victoria
Marital status--- Single
Age at embarkation--- 28
Next of kin--- Edwin John Shapland, Jeetho PO, Jeetho, Victoria
Previous military service--- Nil
Enlistment date--- 25 August 1914
Rank on enlistment--- Private
Unit name--- 8th Battalion, C Company, Australian Infantry Battalion, A.I.F
AWM Embarkation Roll number--- 23/25/1
Embarkation details--- Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A24 Benalla on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll--- Private
Unit from Nominal Roll--- 8th Battalion
Fate--- Died of wounds 4 May 1915
Place of death or wounding--- Gallipoli, Turkey
Age at death--- 29
Parents--- Son of Edwin John(died Dandenong, 1940, age 82 yrs, and Louise (née Reed) Shapland (died 18th September 1929, Korumburra, Vic).
Brother --- Reginald Reed Shapland, Service nuimber, 968 of , Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery, 6th Bn died 4th May 1917 in France. ( 16188320).
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Percy Edwin Shapland was born near Crediton in Devon, England in July 1886 to Edwin John and Louise Shapland, nee Reed. He emigrated to Australia in 1906, with his parents and other siblings following in about 1912.
Percy enlisted on 19 August 1914 with a desire to join the Light Horse or alternatively the artillery. With no vacancies there he agreed to be assigned to the 8th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, AIF and was given the Service Number 359. He embarked in Melbourne on 19 October 1914 per SS Benalla as part of the First Contingent for Alexandria in Egypt. After a period of training in a camp under the shadow of the pyramids at Mena, he was sent to Anzac Cove.
Percy survived the initial attack on ANZAC Day at Gallipoli, sending a postcard of the scene back to his parents at Jeetho, near Korumburra in Victoria. However, while fighting on the Gallipoli peninsula, on 29 April he sustained a bullet wound to the left shoulder that lodged in the spine, causing a merciful paralysis. From Gallipoli he was evacuated to hospital in Egypt.
Percy died of his wounds at 8.45 pm in the No. 2 General Hospital at Ghezireh Palace in Egypt on 4 May 1915. The attending nurse, Sister Boycer, noted it was the "sweetest and most peaceful death she has ever witnessed" as Percy, after having John 14, verse 2 read to him from the New Testament in his tunic pocket said, "Goodbye, I'm going home." He is buried in Section B220 in the British Cemetery in Cairo.
written by Douglas E Booth
Regimental number--- 359
Place of birth--- Crediton, Devonshire, England
School--- Haywards, Crediton and Grammar School, Crediton, England
Age on arrival in Australia--- 19
Religion--- Presbyterian
Occupation--- Farm hand
Address--- Jeetho PO, Jeetho, Victoria
Marital status--- Single
Age at embarkation--- 28
Next of kin--- Edwin John Shapland, Jeetho PO, Jeetho, Victoria
Previous military service--- Nil
Enlistment date--- 25 August 1914
Rank on enlistment--- Private
Unit name--- 8th Battalion, C Company, Australian Infantry Battalion, A.I.F
AWM Embarkation Roll number--- 23/25/1
Embarkation details--- Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A24 Benalla on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll--- Private
Unit from Nominal Roll--- 8th Battalion
Fate--- Died of wounds 4 May 1915
Place of death or wounding--- Gallipoli, Turkey
Age at death--- 29
Parents--- Son of Edwin John(died Dandenong, 1940, age 82 yrs, and Louise (née Reed) Shapland (died 18th September 1929, Korumburra, Vic).
Brother --- Reginald Reed Shapland, Service nuimber, 968 of , Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery, 6th Bn died 4th May 1917 in France. ( 16188320).
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Percy Edwin Shapland was born near Crediton in Devon, England in July 1886 to Edwin John and Louise Shapland, nee Reed. He emigrated to Australia in 1906, with his parents and other siblings following in about 1912.
Percy enlisted on 19 August 1914 with a desire to join the Light Horse or alternatively the artillery. With no vacancies there he agreed to be assigned to the 8th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, AIF and was given the Service Number 359. He embarked in Melbourne on 19 October 1914 per SS Benalla as part of the First Contingent for Alexandria in Egypt. After a period of training in a camp under the shadow of the pyramids at Mena, he was sent to Anzac Cove.
Percy survived the initial attack on ANZAC Day at Gallipoli, sending a postcard of the scene back to his parents at Jeetho, near Korumburra in Victoria. However, while fighting on the Gallipoli peninsula, on 29 April he sustained a bullet wound to the left shoulder that lodged in the spine, causing a merciful paralysis. From Gallipoli he was evacuated to hospital in Egypt.
Percy died of his wounds at 8.45 pm in the No. 2 General Hospital at Ghezireh Palace in Egypt on 4 May 1915. The attending nurse, Sister Boycer, noted it was the "sweetest and most peaceful death she has ever witnessed" as Percy, after having John 14, verse 2 read to him from the New Testament in his tunic pocket said, "Goodbye, I'm going home." He is buried in Section B220 in the British Cemetery in Cairo.
written by Douglas E Booth
Place of birth--- Crediton, Devonshire, England
School--- Haywards, Crediton and Grammar School, Crediton, England
Age on arrival in Australia--- 19
Religion--- Presbyterian
Occupation--- Farm hand
Address--- Jeetho PO, Jeetho, Victoria
Marital status--- Single
Age at embarkation--- 28
Next of kin--- Edwin John Shapland, Jeetho PO, Jeetho, Victoria
Previous military service--- Nil
Enlistment date--- 25 August 1914
Rank on enlistment--- Private
Unit name--- 8th Battalion, C Company, Australian Infantry Battalion, A.I.F
AWM Embarkation Roll number--- 23/25/1
Embarkation details--- Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A24 Benalla on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll--- Private
Unit from Nominal Roll--- 8th Battalion
Fate--- Died of wounds 4 May 1915
Place of death or wounding--- Gallipoli, Turkey
Age at death--- 29
Parents--- Son of Edwin John(died Dandenong, 1940, age 82 yrs, and Louise (née Reed) Shapland (died 18th September 1929, Korumburra, Vic).
Brother --- Reginald Reed Shapland, Service nuimber, 968 of , Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery, 6th Bn died 4th May 1917 in France. ( 16188320).
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Percy Edwin Shapland was born near Crediton in Devon, England in July 1886 to Edwin John and Louise Shapland, nee Reed. He emigrated to Australia in 1906, with his parents and other siblings following in about 1912.
Percy enlisted on 19 August 1914 with a desire to join the Light Horse or alternatively the artillery. With no vacancies there he agreed to be assigned to the 8th Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade, AIF and was given the Service Number 359. He embarked in Melbourne on 19 October 1914 per SS Benalla as part of the First Contingent for Alexandria in Egypt. After a period of training in a camp under the shadow of the pyramids at Mena, he was sent to Anzac Cove.
Percy survived the initial attack on ANZAC Day at Gallipoli, sending a postcard of the scene back to his parents at Jeetho, near Korumburra in Victoria. However, while fighting on the Gallipoli peninsula, on 29 April he sustained a bullet wound to the left shoulder that lodged in the spine, causing a merciful paralysis. From Gallipoli he was evacuated to hospital in Egypt.
Percy died of his wounds at 8.45 pm in the No. 2 General Hospital at Ghezireh Palace in Egypt on 4 May 1915. The attending nurse, Sister Boycer, noted it was the "sweetest and most peaceful death she has ever witnessed" as Percy, after having John 14, verse 2 read to him from the New Testament in his tunic pocket said, "Goodbye, I'm going home." He is buried in Section B220 in the British Cemetery in Cairo.
written by Douglas E Booth
Inscription
"A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST"
Gravesite Details
Private, Australian Infantry, A.I.F. Age: 29.
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