GOODWICK - WALES
War Memorial
War Memorial
Goodwick is a small fishing village, lying west of Fishguard, in the parish of Llanwnda.
Private James SHANAHAN 2298
Born: Carrick, Tipperary, Ireland
Enlisted: 19-11-1914, Wodonga, Victoria
6th Australian Infantry Battalion
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer
Killed in Action: 13-7-1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey
Son of Mrs. Bridget Russell, 7 Harbour Village, Fishguard
Resting: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 48
Born: Carrick, Tipperary, Ireland
Enlisted: 19-11-1914, Wodonga, Victoria
6th Australian Infantry Battalion
Occupation prior to Enlistment: Labourer
Killed in Action: 13-7-1915, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey
Son of Mrs. Bridget Russell, 7 Harbour Village, Fishguard
Resting: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 48
West Wales War Memorial Project - James was the son of Bridget Shanahan, of Carrick-on-Suir, Ireland. His father died when he was a child and his mother re-married David Russell, before the entire family moved to 7, Harbour Village, Fishguard. James had served with the Royal Navy aboard HMS Queen for several years prior to working on the Fishguard to Rosslare service, aboard the S.S. St. Patrick, and had emigrated to Australia just before the war. He enlisted at Wodonga, Victoria into the 6th Battalion, Australian Infantry on 19 November 1914. He embarked for Egypt with the 2nd reinforcements for the battalion and landed with the battalion at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Co-incidentally, the landings were supported by, among other ships, HMS Queen. James survived the initial fighting to gain a foothold on the Peninsula, but was killed in action at ANZAC on 13 July 1915, aged 28. He is buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli.