James Llewellyn “Jim; Schwab” Schaab
Lance Corporal · NZ #1169 · Heavy Section
| Rank | Lance Corporal |
|---|---|
| Service number | NZ #1169 |
| Patrol | Heavy Section |
| Regiment | 2nd NZ Divisional Cavalry Regiment |
| Known as | “Jim; Schwab” |
| Record | https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C141148 |
What this roll records
DUPLICATE RECORD MERGED (2026). The roll held this man twice — once with his service number and once without it, under a variant spelling of the surname. The entry with no number could not be caught by the shared-number test that found the earlier duplicates, nor by the photograph test, because it had neither. It was found by asking whether the roll already held him with a number. This card is the survivor; the discarded entry read “Schwab, Jim”. BOTH ENTRIES ARE HEAVY SECTION. Jim is James; Schwab and Schaab differ by one letter.
LRP Heavy Section: "L/Cpl J.L. Schaab" in Heavy Section group photo. Brendan O'Carroll, "The Long Range Desert Group in North Africa".
Cenotaph record linked. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
Full name James Llewellyn. Postmaster in civilian life. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
POSTMASTER in civilian life. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.
Embarkation detail from his Cenotaph record: he embarked as Trooper. The rank held on this card, Lance Corporal, is his LRDG rank; promotion after embarkation was the rule rather than the exception, so the two are not in conflict. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph, record C141148.
Added from LRP Roll: W/T Operator, Heavy Section; returned unit. Source: LRP Roll (Original LRP Nominal Roll as at 5 Dec 1940, Capt L H Browne).
See him in the full roll →Where this comes from
- AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).
- LRDG Nominal Roll, 28 Dec 1940 – Jan 1941 (courtesy Tarek el Mahdy) — roll rank: Lance Corporal
- Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 1, p.160. Unit history: Loughnan, R. (1963). Divisional Cavalry.
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