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Joseph Ernest John Shucksmith

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Headstone, New Mount Wesley RSA Cemetery, Dargaville, Northland, New Zealand - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Joseph Ernest John AWMM
  • Surname
    Shucksmith AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    38256 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 Hokianga Road, Dargaville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Christine Shucksmith (mother), Hokianga Rd, Dargaville, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown 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
    38256 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 Watchmaker/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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Joseph and Christine Shucksmith, of Dargaville. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    9 October 1942 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Dargaville, New Mount Wesley RSA Cemetery, Northland, New Zealand AWMM 12 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Roll of Honour, Northern Wairoa RSA, Dargaville AWMM

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  • My grandmothers brother.
    Public - Nathanael - Other Relative - 2 July 2015
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2919909
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • 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
      WW2 3: WW2 Unknown page AWMM

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