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Hang Che Shiu

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Mr Shiu at his RNZN retirement

#1 Mr Chiu

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Hang Che AWMM
    • Hang Che Public - Chun Wai Alexander - Direct descendant - 15 November 2020 - Family oral history
  • Surname
    • Shiu AWMM
    • Shiu Public - Chun Wai Alexander - Direct descendant - 15 November 2020 - My surname
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    No. 1 AWMM
  • Service number
    Borneo A362704 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 January 1926 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Hong Kong AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • 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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  • Served a civilian laundryman on number of naval ships during a career spanning almost 60 years. Lastly served on the HMNZS Canterbury and the HMNZS Wellington.

    Husband of Boon Shau Chow. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    29 December 2014 AWMM
    Age 88 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 10 January 2015. AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
15 November 2020Chun Wai Alexander Hong KongDirect descendant
29 April 2020peterNew ZealandComrade

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