Henry James Shepherd

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Henry James AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Shepherd AWMM

Ingoa kārangaranga

Jim AWMM

Nama Hōia

27269 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM 19 Walters Road, off Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs Jessie May Shepherd (mother) 19 Walters Road, off Dominion Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 28 Aug 1940 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Western Desert AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

27269 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM New Zealand Railways employee/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Vessel was Empress of Japan AWMM Sapper AWMM 13 Railway Construction Company AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Third Echelon AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Died of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of sickness AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Sapper AWMM
New Zealand Engineers, 13 Railway Construction Company AWMM

Henry Shepherd was the son of Harry Thomas and Jessie May Shepherd of Auckland.

Father and two sons served in WW2: Harry Shepherd (34842); Stanley George Shepherd (25371) and Henry James Shepherd (27269), died on active service. Family recount a third son was unfit for war service because of an arm injury. AWMM

Matenga

11 Jul 1942 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Died of Sickness AWMM

Urupā

Beirut War Cemetery, Lebanon AWMM 3. G. 2. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Roll of Honour, Royal New Zealand Engineers, Kitchener Chapel of St Paul's Cathedral, London, England AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2188021
Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 430
• Information kindly provided by family
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.
• Cody, J.F. (1961). New Zealand Engineers, Middle East. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.