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Cenotaph record

George Sinclair Shears

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    George Sinclair AWMM
  • Surname
    Shears AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    29095 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    3 June 1914 AWMM Onehunga, Auckland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1940 AWMM Ruawai, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Clerk P & T/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M.M. Shears (wife), Naumai, Northern Wairoa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 1 July 1940 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    29095 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1940 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Clerk AWMM
    Dargaville, Northland AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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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
    Died from Natural Causes, Cause of Death AWMM
    Died of natural causes AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Died : Coronary Thrombosis AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 February 1981 AWMM
    Age 67 AWMM
    Rotorua, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died from Natural Causes AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.429 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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