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William Leslie Sheffield

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Group, WW1, Sheffield and Brown on ML, c1915, kindly provided by the Navy Museum (Copyright © Royal New Zealand Navy Museum. Photo number ABX 0079 Sheffield and Brown on ML, c1915. All enquiries for use: https://forms.nzdf.mil.nz/navy/museum/contactform.asp )

Group, WW1, Sheffield and Brown on ML, c1915, kindly provided by the Navy Museum (Copyright © Royal …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Leslie AWMM
  • Surname
    Sheffield AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Mary Sheffield (wife), 55 Vauxhall Road, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 22 December 1916 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Dec 1916 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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  • Promoted to Temporary sub Lieutenant 6 March 1917

    Promoted to Temporary Lieutenant 6 December 1917

    RNVR officers were not allocated service numbers.

    Palmer recruit enlisted at Auckland in 1916 - reported as serving in the RNVR in September 1918 AWMM

Death

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  • Age at death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Memorials

Memorial

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