SHACKLETON, Allan James
(Service number 55636)
| First Rank | Lance Corporal/Corporal | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 21/03/1897 | Place of Birth | Waimate, Sth Canterbury |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 3 April 1917 | Age | 20 |
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| Address at Enlistment | 200 Queen Street, Waimate | ||
| Occupation | School teacher | ||
| Previous Military Experience | Trained as school cadet and at military camps at Trentham and Tauherenikau | ||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | George James Shackleton (father), 200 Queen Street, Waimate, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Reinforcements G Company | ||
| Date | 15 August 1917 | ||
| Transport | Ruahine | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Other Units Served With | His Company Reinforced last 5 original members of D Company, Fourth Batallion, Rifle Brigade who survived Passchendaele | ||
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Military Awards
| Campaigns | Somme 1917-1918; Army of Occupation, Germany 1919 | ||
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| Service Medals | British War Medal. Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 16 July 1984 | Age | 87 |
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| Place of Death | New Plymouth, New Zealand | ||
| Cause | Ccerebral vascular accident | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Te Henui Cemetery, New Plymouth | ||
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Biographical Notes
Allan Shackleton wrote an extensive autiobiography, later published by his son. That biography is attached as a PDF below.
Sources
Cenotaph (29 October 2013); Personal correspondence from Colin Shackleton (son) with the South Canterbury Museum curator Tony Rippin, October-November 2013 and 31 October 2014 (including supply of information from death and cemetery records)
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Researched and Written by
Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)
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