~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Family Connections~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Parents:---Son of James Shillinglaw & Mary Elizabeth Holly married 4th January 1869 in Warrnambool. Brother of:--- Arthur Gordon Shilling Law, Elizabeth Maud Shillinglaw, Abigail Mary Shillinglaw, James Richard Holley Shillinglaw who returned to Australia on 21 December 1918 having served with the 8th Battalion. James died in 1935, Joseph Granter Shillinglaw, Margaret Jane Shillinglaw, Lily Victoria Shillinglaw Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal ~~~~~Private John Rowe SHILLINGLAW, Australian Imperial Force, AIF, The Great War~~~~~~ Regimental number:--- 1457 accorded to 11th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement. Religion:--- Methodist Home Town:--- Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia Civil employment:--- Miner Marital status:--- Single Next of kin:--- Brother, Mr Samuel Lenbourne Shillinghaw, 39 Oroya Street, Boulder, Western Australia. Attested into AIF:--- 12th November 1914 in Helena Vale, western Australia. Age on enlistment:--- 23 years and 3 months. Final Rank:--- Private Final Unit:--- 11th Australian Infantry Battalion, AIF. Embarked from:--- Died from Enteric (typhus) Fever on 19th July 1915 at No 15 Stationery Hospital, Mundros, Lemnos Island, Greece. Burial:--- East Mudros Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 19), Lemnos, Greece Memorials:--- Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honour, South Boulder School Honour Roll
