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Robert Errol Shallcrass

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Errol AWMM
  • Surname
    Shallcrass AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 57754 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    24 June 1897 AWMM Gore, Southland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Otipua Road, Timaru AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mr C. E. Shallcrass (father), Timaru AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 57754 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 25 June 1917 AWMM Shepherd/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Robert Errol SHALLCRASS was born on 24 June 1897 at Gore, the second son of Charles Edward and Eliza Elsie (née NICHOL) SHALLCRASS. After his mother died in 1934, his father married Lucy Mary BOWIE who had served as a nurse in World War I. Robert enlisted the day after his 20th birthday. Biography provided by the Timaru Museum SCRoll project. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 September 1965 Cemetery Record
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch Area 55, Plot 66 AWMM
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