John Stevenson Shine

Forenames

John Stevenson AWMM

Surname

Shine AWMM

Service number

5388 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM 40 Fernleigh Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs K.A. Shine (mother), 40 Fernleigh Avenue, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 05 Jan 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

5388 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Civil servant/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM Headquarters, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Base AWMM

Medical notes

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
Headquarters, New Zealand Division AWMM

John Shine was the son of Joseph Thomas Shine and of Katherine Annie Shine (nee Stevenson), of Auckland City, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

29 May 1941 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Memorial name

• Athens Memorial, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2629748
Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 1: WW2 163
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• McClymont, W. (1959). To Greece. Wellington, N.Z.: Department Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Davin, D. (1953). Crete. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.