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Charles Hobson Sherson

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Portrait, John Sherson - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Hobson AWMM
  • Surname
    Sherson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Charlie AWMM
  • Service number
    68769 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Protestant, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 November 1917 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 24 April 1905 AWMM Waerenga, Te Kauwhata, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Rural Delivery, Te Kauwhata, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Abraham Hobson Sherson (father), Waerenga, Te Kauwhata, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs Ruth Sherson (mother), Rural Delivery, Te Kauwhata, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
    • Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
    • Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
    • New Caledonia AWMM
    • Solomon Islands Campaign AWMM
    • Treasury Island AWMM
    • Mono Island AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    68769 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 10.5 inches AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Grey AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      dark AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
      Wounded by grenade, facial injuries, Soanotalu, Mono Island 2 November 1943 AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Abraham Hobson Sherson and Ruth Sarah Sherson.

    After the war he returned to farming in Waerenga.

    He did not marry.

    John told his story of his service to Jenny Walker and a copy of this is held with his Armoury file.

    Author of the History of Waerenga " Kahikitea, cabbage trees and Koromiko".

    He asked for no service at his death but the RSA did hold a memorial service for him.

    Service in the Pacific information held on file AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 July 1995 AWMM
    Age 77 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waerenga Cemetery, Keith Road, Waerenga, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM RSA Section AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, Dept. of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. Digital copy at NZETC.
    http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Paci.html
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Cenotaph data entry form AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
      Military Service Record AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 6 (Embarkations from 1st October, 1941 to 31st December, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 6: WW2 31 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 unknown AWMM
    • Third Division Histories Committee. (1947). Story of the 34th: the unofficial history of a New Zealand Infantry Battalion with the Third Division in the Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Reed for the Third Division Histories Committee. AWMM

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