NZ Death register 1942/20353 CHATFIELD, Selwyn Athol 56Y
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Cremated.
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Cemetery Record
CHATFIELD, SELWYN ATHOL
Plot: N/A
Interment Type: Scattered Ashes
Title: MR
Surname: CHATFIELD
Given Names: SELWYN ATHOL
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Occupation: MASTER MARINER
Date Of Death: 17-May-1942
Date Of Cremation: N/A
Date Of Burial: N/A
Funeral Director: W M MORRISON FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Head Stone Details : N/A
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Find A Grave Memorial# 158885779
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Auckland probates
CHATFIELD Selwyn Athol - Auckland - Master Mariner
1942 High Court Auckland, Department of Justice
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OBITUARY
Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 115, 18 May 1942, Page 6
Died 6 Woodside Road, Mount Eden. Born Auckland, he went to sea in 1905 and travelled widely on sailing ships.
In 1911 he joined the Union Steam Ship Company Ltd., and became well known on the inter island trade as captain of the Tofua. During WWI he was second mate on chiefly foreign-going ships. After the war he served on inter-colonial and coastal boats.
He was appointed master in 1923 and retired from the sea in 1936 when he was appointed wharfinger for the company at New Plymouth. In 1939 he retired owing to ill health and returned to Auckland.
He was married twice and is survived by his second wife, two daughters from the first marriage and one son from the second.
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Board of Trade. Registrar General of Shiping and Seamen. Registers of Certificates of Competency. Masters and Mates : Colonial Trade.
New Zealand 1872-1921
CERTIFICATE ISSUED
NAME No. DATE DESCRIPTION WHERE Born at DoB
CHATFIELD, Selwyn Athol 1128 Nov. 1910 2nd Mate Auckland Auckland, N.Z. 1886
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New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Passenger Lists
Name S A Chatfield
Event Type Immigration
Event Date 28 Dec 1931
Event Place Fiji, New Zealand
Occupation Capt Master
Ship Name Tofua
Departure Port Auckland
Arrival Port Fiji (other ports also listed)
Arrival Place Auckland
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Cenotaph Record
Full Name Selwyn Athol Chatfield
Rank Last Held Mate
War World War I, 1914-1918
Gender Male
Place of Birth Auckland, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation Merchant Navy
Last Unit Served Merchant Navy
Place of Death Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Death 17 May 1942
Age at Death 56
Year of Death 1942
Cemetery Name Cremated at Waikumete Crematorium, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
Obituary. Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 115, 18 May 1942, Page 6
Biographical Notes
Joined Union Steam Ship Company in 1911
Captain of Tofua
2nd Mate and Mate in WW1
Master from 1923
Retired in 1939
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Postwar Occupation: Master Mariner.
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Selwyn Athol Chatfield
Born 1886 - Died 17 May 1942
About birth
Date of birth 1886 AWMM
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Birth notes Auckland, New Zealand
Post war occupation Master Mariner
Force: Merchant Navy
Last rank: Mate AWMM Merchant Navy
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Miilitary decorations
Medals and Awards
British War Medal (1914-1920)
Mercantile Marine War Medal
Biographical information
Joined Union Steam Ship Company in 1911
Captain of Tofua
2nd Mate and Mate in WW1
Master from 1923
Retired on 1939
About death
Age at death 56
Date of death 17 May 1942
Place of death Auckland, New Zealand
Cemetery name Cremated at Waikumete Crematorium, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
