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SHANG, Harry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | DX636 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 May 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Field Workshop |
| Born: | Cairns, Queensland, 15 May 1917 |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor mechanic |
| Died: | Accidental (motorcycle crash injuries), Cairns, Queensland, 2 October 1948, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland MWS Row 14 5581 |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 17 May 1941: | Enlisted Private, DX636, Darwin, Northern Territory | |
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| 17 May 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, DX636 | |
| 18 May 1941: | Involvement Private, DX636 | |
| 13 Feb 1946: | Discharged Sergeant, DX636, 2nd/2nd Field Workshop |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
(Seargeant) Harry Shang was my mother's uncle and the brother of (Corporal) Claude Shang DX813 and (Private) George Shang KIA QX25147. He was also known by my dad and he had told me Harry had always had a passion for motor cycles. Unfortunately this was to claim his life not long after returning to Australia when involved in a fatal accident with a car at a intersection in Cairns. My dad believed the car driver had gone through a stop sign. Motor Cyclist Killed Cairns Post 04 Oct 1948 (nla.gov.au)
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