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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Gerald Edwin Shaw |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Gerald Edwin |
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| Surname: |
Shaw |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
12/2898 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Next of Kin: |
Miss Minnie Shaw (sister), Paeroa, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Queen's Hotel, Thames, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Auckland |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
- Samoan Advance Party
- 6th Reinforcements
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Auckland Infantry Battalion |
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| Embarkation Date: |
- 15 August 1914
- 14 August 1915
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Moeraki or Monowai |
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| Destination: |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
655 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Somme, France |
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| Date of Death: |
3 July 1916 |
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| Year of Death: |
1916 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France |
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| Grave Reference: |
I. C. 39. |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Gerald Shaw was the brother of Eugene L. Shaw, of Paeroa, New Zealand. |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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