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Robert Stephen Shelton

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert Stephen AWMM
  • Surname
    Shelton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Bob AWMM
  • Service number
    36774 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Public Works Department, Bartletts, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mr A.L. Shelton (father), 7 Hirini Street, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Husband of Jean; father of Patricia, Janet and Robert AWMM
    • Grandfather to : Bruce, Ian and Paul Simperingham. Great grandfather to Callum Simperingham Public - Bruce - Direct descendant - 9 April 2023 - Personal knowledge

Death

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  • Death
    20 August 2007 AWMM
    Age 87 AWMM
    Whangarei, Northland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Maunu Cemetery, Cemetery Road off State Highway 14, Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand AWMM Ashes RSA. Plot 2236 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 22 August 2007 AWMM
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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 7: WW2 127 AWMM
    • The New Zealand Herald AWMM
      Death notice: New Zealand Herald, 22 August 2007 AWMM
    • Nominal Rolls - Embarkation N-Force [Norfolk Force Embarkation Rolls], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1428 (R22440218) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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09 April 2023BruceWhangareiDirect descendant
26 June 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher

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