SHAW, David John
(Service number 14023)
| First Rank | Second Lieutenant | Last Rank | Lieutenant |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth | Geraldine, Canterbury, New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | Engineer | ||
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| Next of Kin | J.W. Shaw (father), Pukerau, Otago, 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 | 5th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company | ||
| Date | 26 June 1916 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Devonport, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, 3rd | ||
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 30 March 1918 | Age | 25 |
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| Place of Death | Somme, France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Temuka War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of John W and Mary M Shaw, of Gore, Invercargill
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