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SHADDOCK, Roy George
| Service Number: | 1193 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Glanville, South Australia, 10 June 1894 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coppersmith |
| Memorials: | Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 1193, 2nd Divisional Signal Company | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1193, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Anzac Cove | |
| 9 Feb 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 1193, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 1193, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Battle for Pozières | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 1193 | |
| 13 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 1193, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, returned to Adelaide on this date |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Heathfield High School
Roy George Shaddock was born to his mother Sarah Anne Shaddock in Glanville SA on the 10th of June 1894. Before the war, he lived on Chapple Street in Broken Hill NSW. He worked at the Silverton Tramway in Broken Hill as a coppersmith and was a member of the Engineer trade union also. Before enlisting on the 7th of January 1915 in Oakland SA, Roy had served as an army engineer for 2 ½ previous years.
His embarkation date was investigated on 3.7.1917 so multiple dates have been said, however, it is known that Roy did not embark with his unit on A2 Geelong on 31.5.15. He went to Melbourne from Adelaide on the 26.6.15 but embarked from the 3rd military district on 10.8.15 per p. & o. Persia
Roy fought and survived, many battles throughout the course of WW1 as a Sapper that was part of the 2nd Division Signalling Company. The 2nd Division provided communications from the headquarters to those of subordinate formations, these were the 5th (NSW) 6th (Vic) and 7th (outer states) Brigades and Division units (Artillery, Engineers, Pioneers, MG Battalions and Services etc). (Larkins, 2014)
He served at ANZAC Cove on 2.11.15 in Gallipoli which is one of the most well-known battles of world war I. A brutal fight between ANZAC and Turkish troops. Along with this, he fought in the Pozieres battle (1 & 2), which is a small village in France located in the Somme valley. It was a costly fight in mid-1916 for the 1st, 2nd and 4th Australian divisions. The village was captured initially by the 1st Division on 23 July 1916. The 2nd Division took over from the 1st on the 27th of July and launched two more attacks, the first of which was a costly failure on 29 July and the second of which resulted in the capture of additional German positions outside the settlement on 2nd August. The Australians were hit hard by retaliatory bombings once more. On the 6th of August, they were relieved, having suffered 6,848 casualties. Along with this, he served at both Bullecourt battles which occurred on the 11th of April 1917 and the 3rd of May 1917. The northern village was absorbed into the Hindenburg Line, involved huge losses for ANZAC troops and invoked a large sense of distrust between Australian troops and British commanders. Roy Shaddock also served at Passchendaele (it is not clear whether he fought in the main battle or not)
References:
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=8076991&S=19&R=0
https://sjmc.gov.au/first-second-battles-bullecourt/
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E84338
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