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Keith Owen Shaw

Lay a poppy
North African Desert, leaning on what looks like a Morris 'Quad' Field Artillery Tractor (FAT).

Gunner Keith (Ben) Owen Shaw - 66235

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Keith Owen AWMM
  • Surname
    Shaw AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ben Shaw AWMM
  • Service number
    66235 AWMM
  • 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
    Unknown AWMM Clevedon, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs G.V. Barnes (mother), Clevedon, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 15 September 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    66235 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 Unknown AWMM Dairy Farm Hand/Civilian 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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Husband of Eileen and later of Jean; father of John and Lynette

    Service and Interment at Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 December 2007 AWMM
    Tauranga, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 21 December 2007 AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Cooke, P. (2001). Defending New Zealand: ramparts on the sea 1840-1950s. Wellington, N.Z.: Defence of New Zealand Study Group. AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 190 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, 21 December 2007 AWMM

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