Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Shearing, Mark

Born 28^th March 1895 Dysart Tasmania the son of William Joseph and Margaret Anne Shearing (nee Paine) a farmer he embarked Hobart 1^st July 1916 on board “HMAT Berrima” with the 40^th Infantry Battalion.

He was appointed Lance Corporal 14^th November 1917

He died 26^th November 1917 at the 53^rd Casualty Clearing Station from a bullet wounds to the head, hands and knee received at Messines and is commemorated in the Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord), Lille, Nord Pas de Calais, France

Photo Courtesy Penelope Smith

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