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  • Walter Mansfield Shelley

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Born: 5 April 1878

Died: 1 January 1961

Wounded at Gallipoli and returned to Australia to be discharged on 7 November 1916.

Served with the YMCA from 1 January 1919 with the honourary rank of Second Lieutenant.

Had served in the Boer War.

Service number
  • Service number 269
Ranks
  • Held rank of Corporal
  • Held rank of Sergeant
  • Held rank of Second Lieutenant
Birth record
  • 5 April 1878 in Tumut, NSW, Australia
Death record
  • 1961 in Manly, NSW, Australia
Address
  • 22 Wunda Road, Mosman, NSW, Australia
Relationships
  • Father - Rowland Mansfield Shelley
  • Mother - Matilda Jane Brady
  • Wife - Dorothy Helen Godfrey
  • Brother - Hector Harold Shelley
Organisations
  • 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • Young Men's Christian Association
Main sources
  • CHIEFLY PERSONAL [wounded] (newspaper article)
  • NEW SOUTH WALES. PROGRESS REPORTS. [still dangerously ill] (newspaper article)
  • TUMUT. [return from Boer War] (newspaper article)
  • Birth Notice (newspaper article)
  • Local and General News. The Imperial Bushman's Contingent DEPARTURE OF TUMUT BOYS. (newspaper article)
  • Reception of Trooper W. M. Shelley! (newspaper article)
  • Enlistment (newspaper article)
Commemorations
  • SHELLEY W. M. on the North Face of the Mosman War Memorial
  • Shelly, W. on the St Luke's Anglican Church Mosman memorial panels
  • Shelley, W on the St Clement's World War 1 Roll of Honour

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