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Stanley Lawson

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Heinrich, M. (ca. 1915) Frank Perkins (left) and female impersonator Stanley Lawson. Portrait of Stanley Lawson (3/1172) and Frank Perkins posing for the New Zealand Concert Party for a German photographer in Mulheim an der Ruhr. Stanley Lawson is dressed as a female in a wig, dress and high heels. Auckland War Memorial Museum call no. D570 E8 M956. Image has no known copyright restrictions.
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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Stanley AWMM
  • Surname
    Lawson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Stan AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 3/1172 AWMM
    • WWII 31178 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 April 1894 AWMM Dunedin, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Anderson's Bay Road, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Eleanor Lawson (mother), 625 Anderson's Bay Road, Musselburgh, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

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  • A female impersonator in the "Digger Pierrots" of the New Zealand Army in the First World War.

    Stated his date of birth as 7 April 1900 in Second World War embarkation form. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    13 May 1972 AWMM
    Age 78 AWMM
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Sources

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  • External links
    Military Personnel file
    https://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=24060708&digital=yes
    Further Reference
  • Documents
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 409 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2015). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-3). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.108 AWMM
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