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Shirley Whitfield Nicholson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Shirley Whitfield AWMM
  • Surname
    Nicholson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    1569 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    22 February 1914 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 1939 AWMM 59 Coronation Rd, Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs GM Nicholson (wife), 3 Sherbourne Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 1939 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Customs agent/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Promoted to Captain while serving in Greece.

    Promoted to Major, June 1942.

    Promoted to Lt Colonel, October 1944.

    Served as Commanding Officer (CO) of 5 Field Regiment, New Zealand Artillery (NZA), 11 October - 1 December 1944.

    CO of 7 Anti-Tank Regiment, NZA, December 1944 - March 1945.

    CO of 6 Field Regiment, NZA, 30 March - May 1945.

    Returned to New Zealand in June 1945. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    31 October 1991 AWMM
    Age 77 AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 1: WW2 134 AWMM
    • Murphy, W. (1966). 2nd New Zealand Divisional Artillery. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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