Muriel Alberta Constance Shadbolt (b: 19 Dec 1921 in Akaroa daughter of Albert (Bill) Francis Shadbolt (b: 11 Sep 1887 in Akaroa;  d: 10 Dec 1951 in Akaroa; bur: 11 Dec 1951 Akaroa Cemetery) and mother Minnie Hammond (b: 03 Sep 1891 in Takamatua, Christchurch; d: 17 Aug 1963 in Springston Canterbury) The Shadbolt family farmed in the Grehan Valley, in Akaroa where her father was the sole milk supplier for the town. Muriel as the eldest of three children, often helped her father on farm, working on fences and delivering milk, before they moved to Timaru in the 1960s. Muriel Shadbolt married in 1947 to 1st husband,  Keith Charteris (b: 07 Aug 1921 at Dunedin to parents James Charteris (1892-1965) and mother Florence (Huia) Maud Louisa Harrington (1891-1921); Divorce 1960;  ) ..............Their son: Nigel Charteris (b: Dec 5 1948 at Akaroa) mar:  Raewyn Haigh - they had 4 children; Brendon John; Arron James; Bevan Francis; Walter Nigel Charteris ..............Dau:  Kathryn mar: Tom Forrest Keith remarried Daphne Frances Churchill. Keith d: 1993 *2nd Husband of Muriel Alberta Constance Shadbolt: Married: 14 Feb 1968 in Registrars Office, Timaru to Herbert Valentine Pelvin Muriel died 03 Jun 2018 in Highfield Rest Home, Timaru aged 96Y; Crem.: 9 Jun 1997 Salisbury Park Cem.

Marriage portrait - Herb and Muriel Pelvin

Passchendaele, along with the Somme, came to symbolise the Great War for many.
It was part of The Third Battle of Ypres and was fought over land near the town of Passchendaele from July to November 1917.

The first two Ypres battles were fought in the wider area earlier. The battle of Passchendaele was widely regarded as one of the greatest disasters of World War I.

Timaru Herald (correspondent - Megan Sutherland, Oct 15 2017)

 A Timaru woman whose father escaped death after being shot in the face at the Battle of Passchendaele has spoken of her adoration of her father and how she was named after his experience fighting in the Great War and named his daughter after experience
Muriel Pelvin (nee Shadbolt), 96, said her father Private Albert Francis Shadbolt, known as Bill, was one of three brothers who fought on the Western front in World War I.

During the Battle of Passchendaele, Shadbolt escaped death after he was hit in the face by a copper bullet fired by a German soldier. Muriel Pelvin said "The copper bullet, which was meant to have been banned from use had gone through her father’s cheek ‘‘knocked out two of his double teeth, came out behind his ear and went out the back of his tin hat’’ .

There was little doubt, he was lucky to have survived, and in a nod to the experience – Shadbolt decided to name his daughter after the trench he lived in. ‘‘They didn’t call them trenches, they called them 'dug outs’ in those days, and the trench that he was in was called the "Muriel dug out" and that’s how I got my name.’’
Muriel was not sure when exactly her father had been injured, but knew he had been sent to hospital in England, before returning to New Zealand following the war, where he farmed in Akaroa.
‘‘He didn’t talk about the war very much until I got a bit older . . . and now I see how much he did tell me, what the trenches were like with decaying bodies and dead horses lying around and mud up to their bellies, it must have been disgusting.’’
On Sunday, at the South Canterbury World War I Commemorative Service to mark 100 years since the Battle of Passchendaele, Muriel unveiled a plaque in honour of all those who fought in the battle.

PELVIN, Muriel Alberta Constance (nee Shadbolt): Peacefully at Highfield Resthome, Timaru, on Sunday, June 3, 2018, aged 96 years. Wife of the late Keith Charteris, and Herb Pelvin. Loved mother of Nigel, Kathryn and Tom Forrest, much loved grandmother and great-grandmother