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SHIRLEY, Arthur Denis
(Service number 68563)

Aliases	enlisted as Arthur SHIRLEY.
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	08/09/1879	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Waimate
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs A. SHIRLEY (wife), North Road, Oamaru
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	33rd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Date	31 December 1917
Transport	Athenic
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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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

Farmer

Death

Date	10 September 1946	Age	67 years
Place of Death	Waimate
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waimate Old Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Area 33, Plot 61A
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Arthur Denis Shirley was the younger son of Arthur and Bridget Ann (née Jones) Shirley. He married Catherine McKone on 17 November 1917 at Oamaru. His brother William also served in World War I, and their sister married Richard Sullivan who was also to serve in World War I.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 November 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [09 November 2019]; Waimate Cemetery burial record [09 November 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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