SHAW, Walter John
(Service number 52053)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 30 April 1891 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | C/o Transport Coy, Rotorua | ||
| Occupation | Motor mechanic | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Clara SHAW (mother), Jackson Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 29th Reinforcements, Specialists Company, Machine-Gun Section | ||
| Date | 13 August 1917 | ||
| Transport | Mokoia | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Glasgow, Scotland | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 15 November 1948 | Age | 57 years |
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| Place of Death | Rotorua | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Rotorua Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Walter John Shaw, known as Ben, was the younger son of Thomas and Clara Jane (née Dutton) Shaw. He returned to New Zealand on the Maunganui in June 1919. He married Ella Jean skudder in 1922. Walter John Shaw, a foreman with the Rotorua Borough Council, died after attenpting to rescue a fellow workman from a blocked sewer, when both were overcome by toxic gasses. He was survived by his wife, three daughters and two sons. Walter's brother, Edmund enlisted for World War I.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [18 March 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [18 March 2018]; Timaru Herald, 16 June 1919 (Papers Past) [17 March 2018]; Report attached to ancestry tree (ancestry.com.au) [20 March 2018]
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