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Eric Robert Shortall

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eric Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Shortall AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 33127 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 April 1906 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    27/04/1906 Public - Natalie Grace - Other relative - 24 April 2018 - Family papers
  • Place of birth
    Colyton Public - Natalie Grace - Other relative - 24 April 2018 - Family papers
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940-1941 AWMM MacArthur St., Feilding AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer Public - Natalie Grace - Other relative - 24 April 2018 - Family papers
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mr. R. Shortall, Spur Rd. Rural Delivery, Feilding (father) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 33127 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Crete List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
      Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    8/12/1971 Public - Natalie Grace - Other relative - 24 April 2018 - Family papers
  • Age at death
    65 Public - Natalie Grace - Other relative - 24 April 2018 - Family papers
  • Place of death
    Palmerston North Public - Natalie Grace - Other relative - 24 April 2018 - Family papers
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • References
    • 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. AWMM
      p.432 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
24 April 2018Natalie GraceWellington, New Zealand Other relative

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