Search results Next record Previous record English Māori Robert Showler Born 16 December 1914 - Died 13 April 2007 PDF Key details Service number6479 AWMM Also known asBob AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW2 Staff Sergeant AWMM 2 Divisional Signals AWMM WarTerritorial Military Service AWMM World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesRobert AWMM SurnameShowler AWMM Ingoa Also known asBob AWMM Service number6479 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionAnglican, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth16 December 1914 AWMM Ponsonby, Auckland City AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentPre 22 April 1905 AWMM C/o Post Office, Kaikohe, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupationAccounts clerk supervisor/Civilian AWMM Next of kin on embarkationMrs Louisa Charlotte Showler (wife), C/o Post Office, Kaikohe, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 4 May 1940 AWMM Married AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarTerritorial Military Service AWMM World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignGreece AWMM Libya AWMM El Alamein AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number6479 AWMM Military serviceTerritorial service, Kaikohe AWMM 21 Infantry Battalion 21Bn Assoc. Inc. Records. MS-2008-42. Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards1939-1945 Star AWMM Africa Star (8th Army clasp) AWMM Defence Medal AWMM War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 1939 AWMM Age 24 AWMM Civil servant/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Vessel was Empress of Britain AWMM Signalman AWMM 2 Divisional Signals AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Second Echelon AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesHeight, Unknown Period AWMM 6 feet AWMM Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM Blue AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW2 23 January 1945 AWMM At own request AWMM Staff Sergeant AWMM 2 Divisional Signals AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Husband of Louisa, Father of Larry, Ron and Kevin.Showler's previous military experience, as part of the Territorials, is noteworthy on account of the fact that there were only seven members in the Kaikohe unit, all of whom were privates.Showler married his wife Louisa on 16 March 1940, during his final period of leave before being shipped overseas.After WWII, Showler worked for the Public Trust Office, retiring on 18 May 1972.On the Showlers' 60th wedding anniversary, they received congratulations from Queen Elizabeth II.At the time of writing (2006) Showler was one of only five men still alive from the original 112 in his unit.Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 2006 AWMM Read more Death About death Contribute › Death13 April 2007 AWMM Age 92 AWMM AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of death Death notes CemeteryCremated AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Robert Showler by laying a poppy. Spencer Shove Bernard Shovlin Robert Showler Archie Valentine Shramka Ernest Amis Charles Shreeve Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Robert Showler Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects 21 New Zealand Infantry Battalion Association Inc - Records, 1955 - 2005 Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-2008-42 Sources Sources Contribute › External linksPurewa Cemetery and Crematorium records http://www.purewa.co.nz/search.asp Sources Used DocumentsSecond 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 WW2 2: WW2 unknown page 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 Borman, C. (1954). Divisional Signals. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM Information kindly provided by family AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License Search results Next record Previous record
