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Keith James Shirley

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Keith Shirley

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Keith James AWMM
  • Surname
    Shirley AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    24292 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 December 1918 AWMM Feilding, Manawatu-Wanganui AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
    Son of Frederick James & Katie Elizabeth SHIRLEY Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 April 2024 - NZ BDM Birth Records
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 15 May 1940 AWMM Alexander Avenue, Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Grocer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr F.J. Shirley (father), Tauanui, RD Morrinsville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 27 August 1940 AWMM Single AWMM
    • 1943 Keith James SHIRLEY married Vera Doreen TREBILCO Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 3 April 2024 - NZ BDM Marriage Records

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Greece AWMM
    • North Africa AWMM
    • Sidi Rezegh AWMM
    • El Alamein AWMM
    • Libya AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    24292 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 15 May 1940 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Grocer/Civilian AWMM
    Morrinsville, Waikato AWMM
  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    24 June 2001 AWMM
    Age 82 AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Taruheru Cemetery, Nelson Road, Gisborne District, New Zealand AWMM RSA32, 8 AWMM
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Sources

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  • External links
    Cemetery Records. Gisborne District Council.
    http://www.gdc.govt.nz/cemetery-record-search/
    Sources Used
  • 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.431 AWMM
    • 21 Battalion (Official history of New Zealand in the Second World War 1939-45) AWMM
    • Burdon, R. (1959). 24 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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03 April 2024Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
25 April 2020Stuart JamesWellingtonDirect descendant

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