Army Service Corps
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William Shannon (SN 1067) born in Melbourne, was a a 22 year old driver mechanic when he enlisted in Melbourne on July 5th 1915. Initially assigned to the 22nd Infantry Battalion he embarked from Melbourne aboard the Malacuta on September 23rd and sailed to Egypt. He served mostly in Egypt with the 8th and 3rd Light Horse Regiments and as a driver with the Service Corps. He avoided major illness or injury and returned after the war aboard the Oxfordshire, disembarked at Melbourne on August 13th 1919 and was discharged on October 12th.
