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SHINE, David Alexander
(Service number 78258)

Aliases	Birth & death registered as David SHINE.
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	11/10/1895	Place of Birth	Fairview, New zealand

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Adair, Timaru
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs M. SHINE (mother), Adair, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
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	39th Reinforcements, C Company
Date	13 June 1918
Transport	Athenic
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

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

Hotelkeeper

Death

Date	26 February 1944	Age	48 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Taita Old Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

David Shine was the son of David and Mary (Minnie, née O'Callaghan) Shine, of Adair near Timaru.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [18 February 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [18 February 2018]; Taita Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [20 February 2018]

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