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William Sheely

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Padre William Sheely

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Identity

About

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  • Title
    Father Public - Andrew - Other relative - 8 September 2017 - Military Personnel File
  • Forenames
    William AWMM
  • Surname
    Sheely AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 23691 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Roman Catholic Public - Andrew - Other relative - 8 September 2017 - Military Personnel File

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM Cambridge AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mrs. J.F. Sheely, Taumarunui (mother) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1940 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Greece, Western Desert Public - Andrew - Other relative - 8 September 2017 - Military Personnel File
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 23691 AWMM
  • Military service
    • 21 Infantry Battalion 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
    • Chaplain, 21 Battalion Public - Andrew - Other relative - 8 September 2017 - Military Personnel File
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.168 Priest/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.168
    Hamilton, Waikato 2NZEF Nom. Roll 2, p.168
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2
      2 January 1942 AWMM
    • WW2 POW - Oflag V-A, Weinberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 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.
    • WW2 POW - P.G. 82, Laterina, Italy Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
      Italy, Europe Italy Imperial POW Alphabetical List
    • Captured with six other Chaplains on 28 November 1941 in Libya while at aid post. Public - Andrew - Other relative - 8 September 2017 - Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-1945 - Chaplains http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz//tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Chap-c7.html#reference-to-fn1-38
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number
    2329 (in German hands) Public - Andrew - Other relative - 8 September 2017 - Letter from ICRC dated 10 March 2017

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

About death

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  • Death
    31 March 1986 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42.
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.168 AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM
    • Veterans' club : the comradeship and memories of Auckland's 21st infantry battalion. Auckland War Memorial Museum : Auckland. Accompanies exhibition held in the Pictorial Gallery, second floor, Auckland War Memorial Museum, 24 March-21 May 2006. AWMM
    • 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc. Records, 1955 - 2005. Auckland War Memorial Museum. MS-2008-42. AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Italy : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM

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09 September 2017AndrewWellington, New ZealandOther relative

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