Gunner David Roy Shaw

1913 - 1945  (31 years)

• Name	David Roy Shaw
  Title	Gunner
  Born	27 Sep 1913	Cooran, Queensland
  	Birth Registration: SHAW, DAVID ROY: Birth: 27.09.1913: Father: ROBERT: Mother: TERESA ANNIE BUNDESEN: Reg No 1913/B33661 [Qld Death Register]
  Gender	Male
  Accident	11 Nov 1919	Northern Star,Lismore, NSW
  	A TOUGH YOUNG ÀUSTRAIAN. The six-year old son of Mr. R. Shaw, of Cooran (Q.), had a very remarkable escape from death one evening last week. His father, was driving a wagon, and the wheels went over the little chap's stomach. He was taken to the Gympie Hospital, and latest advices stated he is in no danger from the accident. Transcribed from the "Northern Star,Lismore, NSW", Tuesday 11 November 1919
  Buried	1945	Ranau Number 1 Camp (Main Cemetery
  	Grave/Memorial Reference Panel 3 Memorial: LABUAN Gunner David Roy Shaw Birth: unknown Death: Mar. 17, 1945 Inscription: Royal Australian Artillery Note: QX15018 Burial: Labuan Memorial, Labuan. Federal Territory of Labuan, Malaysia Plot: Panel 3. Maintained by: IWPP Custodial Account Originally Created by: International Wargraves ... Record added: Jul 07, 2007 Find A Grave Memorial# 20347544
  Death	17 Mar 1945	Ranau Number 1 Camp (near airstrip)
  	Sandakan Compiled from the 'Java Index', 'A Conspiracy of Silence'and the Commonwealth War Graves This Page Is Dedicated To QX15018 Gunner Shaw, David Roy Australian Royal Australian Artillery A.I.F. 2/10 Fd. Regt. Japanese POW POW Number: 1249 Force: B - left Singapore 7th July 1942, arrived Sandakan 18th July. Survived/Died: Died Age: 31 Date of Death: 1945/03/17 Place of Death: Ranau Number 1 Camp (near airstrip) Buried: Ranau Number 1 Camp (Main Cemetery, used 16th March 1945 to 29th April 1945). Loved Ones Son of Robert and Teresa Annie Shaw, of Gympie, Queensland Memorial Panel 3. LABUAN MEMORIAL 1st Sandakan march (9 groups leaving Sandakan between 29th January and the 6th February 1945). Japanese recorded death from Acute Enteritus. "We will remember them"
  Died	17 Mar 1945	Ranau Number 1 Camp (near airstrip), Sandakan POW Camp, North Borneo
  	David Roy Shaw, 2/10th Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery. He was one of over 2000 Allied prisoners of war (POW) held in the Sandakan POW camp in north Borneo, having been transferred there from Singapore as a part of B Force. The 1494 POW's that made up B Force, were transported from Changi on 7 July 1942 on board the tramp ship Ubi Maru, arriving in Sandakan Harbour on 18 July 1942. Gunner Shaw, aged 31, died as a prisoner of the Japanese on 17 March 1945. He was the son of Robert and Teresa Annie Shaw, of Gympie, Qld. He is commemorated on the Labuan Memorial Panel 3. (Personal information from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database.) SHAW, DAVID ROY: Birth: 27.09.1913: Father: ROBERT: Mother: TERESA ANNIE BUNDESEN: Reg No 1913/B33661 Name: David Roy Shaw Death Date: 17 Mar 1945 Death Place: Queensland Father's name: Robert Shaw Mother's name: Teresa Annie Bundesen Registration Year: 1946 Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: 003953 Page Number: 2043 (queensland Death Index 1829-1985)
  In Memorium	19 Mar 1946	Cairns Post, Queensland
  	SHAW-In loving memory of our dear brother, brother-in-law, and uncle. Private David Roy Shaw, who passed away in Ramau Prison Camp while a P.O.W., on March 17, 1945. "Ever Remembered." (Inserted by his loving brother, sister in-law, nieces and nephews.) Transcribed from the "Cairns Post, Queensland, Tuesday 19 March 1946
  Notes	Location Information Labuan War Cemetery is on the small island of Labuan (part of Sabah, Malaysia) in Brunei Bay, off the coast of north-west Borneo. The island is best reached by air from Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian capital, from where there are daily flights. There are also flights from Singapore and Manila. The Cemetery lies on the Jalan Tanjong Batu road, which leads from the airport to the town. It is less than a kilometre from the airport and about 3 kilometres from the island's town of Victoria. The Memorial consists of a colonnade forming a forecourt immediately inside the wrought iron gates of the main entrance to the cemetery. The memorial should not be confused with the memorial at Surrender Point which is next to the Peace Park. Historical Information: The Labuan Memorial was primarily intended to commemorate the officers and men of the Australian Army and Air Force who died while prisoners of war in Borneo and the Philippines from 1942 to 1945 and during the 1945 operations for the recovery of Borneo, and have no known grave. Subsequently it was found that a number of men belonging to the local forces of North Borneo, Sarawak and Brunei who were killed on war service also have no known grave, and they too are honoured here [Source: Commonwealth War Graves Comission]
  Person ID	I4227	Hickey, List, Bundesen, Thomsen, Jensen, Jessen
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Robert Shaw,   b. 22 Dec 1867, Allora, Queensland ,   d. 15 Jul 1963, Gympie District, Queensland  (Age 95 years)
  Mother	Teresa Anna Bundesen,   b. 9 Jul 1878, Mount Pleasant, Tiaro District, Queensland, Australia ,   d. 23 Mar 1946, Gympie, Queensland  (Age 67 years)
  Married	18 Mar 1901	Methodist Parsonage, Red Hill, Gympie, Queensland, Australia
  	Marriage Registration: BUNDESEN,Theresa Annie : Marriage: 18. 03. 1901 Spouse: SHAW, Robert: Reg No 1901/C942 [Qld Marriage Index 1829 -1889] Information on the Marriage Certificate Marriage 18 March 1901, Gympie Robert SHAW, Bachelor: Birthplace Allora, Queensland: Occupation; Timbergetter; Age 30 years ; Usual Place of Residence: Mount Pleasant, Gympie: Parents: John Shaw and Margaret Brady; Father's Occupation: Farmer. Theresa Annie BUNDESEN, Spinster: Birthplace; Pioneers Rest near Tiaro, Queensland: Occupation: Domestic: Age 22 years. Usual Place of Residence: Mount Pleasant, Gympie: Parents: Peter Andersen Bundesen and Catherine Maria Petersen: Father's Occupation: Farmer
  Family ID	F1154	Group Sheet