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SHALLCRASS, Robert Errol
(Service number 57754)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	24 June 1897	Place of Birth	Gore

Enlistment Information

Date	25 June 1917	Age	20 years
Address at Enlistment	Otipua Road, Timaru
Occupation	Shepherd
Previous Military Experience	8th South Canterbury Mounted Rifles - still serving
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mr C. E. SHALLCRASS (father), Timaru
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 138 lbs. Chest measurement 31½-34 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair fair. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing and colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. full and perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart and lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Not vaccinated. Good bodily and mental health. No slight defects. No fits. acne spots on back. Class A.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

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Date
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Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

30 January 1918 diagnosed with diphtheria caused by infection. Cardiac instability

Post-war Occupations

Death

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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Area 55, Plot 66
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Robert Errol SHALLCRASS was born on 24 June 1897 at Gore, the second son of Charles Edward and Eliza Elsie (née NICHOL) SHALLCRASS. After his mother died in 1934, his father married Lucy Mary BOWIE who had served as a nurse in World War I. Robert enlisted the day after his 20th birthday.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [24 June 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives ref. AABK 18805 W5553 0103363) [29 June 2016]

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