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Son of John M. Shaw and Edith Frances Shaw, of Wolfville, Nova Scotia. Husband of Jennie Irene Shaw, of Greenwich, Nova Scotia.
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Private Blake Shaw
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Private Blake Shaw
Telegram announcing the death of Private Blake Shaw in Reading War Hospital of influenza pneumonia on February 5, 1919.
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Private Blake Shaw
Postcard sent by Private Blake Shaw to his wife Jennie Shaw in Glasgow, N.S. on July 9, 1917.
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Private Blake Shaw
Photos of Private Blake Shaw, his wife Jennie and his infant son Gordon Shaw.
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Private Blake Shaw
Front of a photo postcard sent by Private Blake Shaw to his wife Jennie, possibly taken at Reading War Hospital in Berkshire.
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Private Blake Shaw
Verso of a photo postcard sent by Private Blake Shaw to his wife Jennie, possibly taken at Reading War Hospital in Berkshire.
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Private Blake Shaw
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Private Blake Shaw
Photo of a collar bib sent from overseas by Private Shaw to his baby son Gordon in Nova Scotia.
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Private Blake Shaw
Last letter penned to his wife Jennie prior to his departure from Nova Scotia for England.
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Private Blake Shaw
page 2 of last letter sent to Jennie prior to departure to England.
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Private Blake Shaw
Postcard sent from Blake Shaw to his son Gordon Shaw. Post marked Dec. 7, 1917 Winchester, England.
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Telegram announcing the death of Private Blake Shaw in Reading War Hospital of influenza pneumonia on February 5, 1919.
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Postcard sent by Private Blake Shaw to his wife Jennie Shaw in Glasgow, N.S. on July 9, 1917.
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Photos of Private Blake Shaw, his wife Jennie and his infant son Gordon Shaw.
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Front of a photo postcard sent by Private Blake Shaw to his wife Jennie, possibly taken at Reading War Hospital in Berkshire.
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Verso of a photo postcard sent by Private Blake Shaw to his wife Jennie, possibly taken at Reading War Hospital in Berkshire.
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Photo of a collar bib sent from overseas by Private Shaw to his baby son Gordon in Nova Scotia.
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Last letter penned to his wife Jennie prior to his departure from Nova Scotia for England.
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page 2 of last letter sent to Jennie prior to departure to England.
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Postcard sent from Blake Shaw to his son Gordon Shaw. Post marked Dec. 7, 1917 Winchester, England.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 542 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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WOLFVILLE (WILLOW BANK) CEMETERY Nova Scotia, Canada
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