Alfred John Shout
Captain, 1st Battalion (N S W) Australian Imperial Force
- Register No.
- 1142 (Alf's numbering, from The Register of the Victoria Cross, 1997)
- Rank
- Captain all Captains →
- Unit
- 1st Battalion (N S W) Australian Imperial Force (register: 1st Battalion, AIF) all AIF VCs →
- Date of action
- 9 August 1915 on this day → all of 1915 →
- Conflict / campaign
- First World War
- London Gazette
- 15th October 1915 on this day → all of 1915 →
- Born
- 8th August 1882 in New Zealand you like
- Award
- Posthumous all posthumous VCs →
- Memorial / grave
- Lone Pine Memorial and on the Australian War Memorial, Canberra
Digest of citation
On 9th August 1915, at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Captain Shout, with a very small party, charged along trenches that were strongly occupied by the enemy, and personally threw four bombs at them, killing eight and putting the remainder to flight. The same afternoond, from the position they had gained that morning, he captured a further length of trench under similar conditions, continuously to bombing the enemy at close range, all the time under very heavy fire, until he was severely wounded. He died on of his wounds shortly afterwards
From Alf Askin's research notes
Reproduced as Alf wrote it, c. 2000–2005. Spelling and abbreviations are his own.
SHOUT, Alfred John.( Reg. No. 1142 )
Captain 1st Battalion (N S W) Australian Imperial Force London Gazetted on 15th October 1915.
Born on 8th August 1882 in New Zealand you like Died from wounds received on 11th August 1915 at Lone Pine, Gallipoli.
Memorials at Lone Pine Memorial and on the Australian War Memorial, Canberra.
Digest of Citation reads: On 9th August 1915, at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, Captain Shout, with a very small party, charged along trenches that were strongly occupied by the enemy, and personally threw four bombs at them, killing eight and putting the remainder to flight. The same afternoond, from the position they had gained that morning, he captured a further length of trench under similar conditions, continuously to bombing the enemy at close range, all the time under very heavy fire, until he was severely wounded. He died on of his wounds shortly afterwards.
Died from wounds received on 11th August 1915 at Lone Pine, Gallipoli.
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Alf recorded the memorial as: Lone Pine Memorial and on the Australian War Memorial, Canberra
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