SHAW, Robert
(Service number 36493)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank | Rifleman |
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Birth
| Date | 26 May 1871 | Place of Birth | Waihi Crossing, Winchester |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Selwyn Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs R. SHAW (wife), Selwyn Street, Timaru | ||
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 | 19 January 1917 | ||
| Transport | Waitemata | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Rifle Brigade | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 25 September 1933 | Age | 62 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Robert Shaw was the fifth son and sixth of the fifteen children of David Shaw and Margaret née Stevenson who had married in Scotland before leaving for New Zealand. Robert married Jessie Campbell on 26 May 1897 at Dunedin. He returned to Timaru with Draft 187 which brought a large number of soldiers home in early October 1918.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 July 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [July 2019]; Cemetery records; Evening Post, 30 September 1918 (Papers Past) [16 August 2016]
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