Henry Joseph Shanks (1882 - 1951)

Born 2 Jul 1882 in Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand

Ancestors

Husband of Pearl (Sefton) Boyce — married 1910 (to 1924) in New Zealand

Husband of Myra Beryl (Bowles) Robertson — married 1931 in New Zealand

Died 24 Oct 1951 at age 69 in Silverstream, Wellington, New Zealand

Henry Joseph Shanks is an Anzac who served in World War One.

Biography

Henry Joseph was born in 1882. He was the son of Ada Emmaline & Robert James Shanks^[1] He married Pearl Sefton in 1910 ^[2]

He served in the NZ Army during World War 1 (service number 36760 ) He gave his next of kin as Mrs A. Shanks (wife), of 57 Bordesley Street, Linwood, Christchurch, He embarked WW1 26 Jul 1917 arriving into Plymouth, Devon 24 September 1917 aboard HMNZT 90 the vessel was Ulimaroa . He was a Second Lieutenant in G Company of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade ^[3]

Pearl Shanks (Mr L. A. Dougall) applied for an order for maintenance to be issued against her husband, Henry Joseph Shanks (Mr P J Amodeo) on the ground that she was a destitute person. After hearing evidence the Magistrate stated that the defendant had acted in a most unhusbandly manner towards his wife. He had allowed her to live with his mother for several years, which was not the way a married man should treat his wife. His actions towards her seemed to suggest that he wished her to commit a breach of her marriage contract. Her application had been laid under the Destitute Persons Act, and as the complainant had been unable to proof that she was a, destitute person or that her husband had means, it would have to be dismissed. ^[4]

They were divorced in 1924 - Pearl Shanks, of Doyleston (Mr J. Upham) was granted a decree absolute against Henry Joseph Shanks, of 'Wellington, with custody of the one child of the marriage.^[5] He married 2nd Beryl Bowles in 1931 ^[6] He passed away in 1951 age 69. ^[7] He was buried in Karori Cemetery.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Birth registration 1882/16175
2. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Marriage registration1910/3018
3. ↑ Online Cenotaph, Auckland War Memorial Museum
4. ↑ The Star, Issue 19812, 2 December 1919
5. ↑ Press, Volume LX, Issue 18023, 15 March 1924
6. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Marriage registration1931/2108
7. ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
   • NZ Death registration 1951/32279
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219579903/henry-joseph-shanks: accessed 21 December 2022), memorial page for LT Henry Joseph Shanks (2 Jul 1882–27 Oct 1951), Find a Grave Memorial ID 219579903, citing Karori Cemetery and Crematorium, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand; Maintained by Kieran Williams (contributor 49072652).