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SHUTE, Richard
(Service number 68564)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	02/09/1887	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	82 High Street, Timaru
Occupation	Wool classer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Henry Francis SHUTE (brother), 82 High Street, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	34th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Date	8 February 1918
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	3 July 1953	Age	63 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 115, Plot 10
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Henry Francis Shute was the son of James and Sarah Jane (née Eddy) Shute, both of whom had died before his enlistment.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [12 November 2016]. Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [12 November 2016]

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