Rank:
Private
Service number:
3907
Unit:
10th Infantry Battalion
Location:
Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-Les-Pernois, France
Pozieres, France
Date of Death:
23 July 1916
Enquirer:
Eyewitness Reports:
Packet number:
753
Date range:
1916-1919
SLSA record number:
SRG 76/1/753
Source: personal collection
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Brother of Walter Shiers
William Henry Shiers was the brother of Walter Shiers, an engineer in the crew of Sir Ross Smith who won the competition for the first successful flight from England to Australia in less than 30 days in 1919. See https://digital.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/pages/smith-brothers for more information
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Photo of my grand father william henry shiers (left) with wife Hilda May and family...Les, Milly, Phillys, Laurie(my father).