Samuel Pemberton
Born 8 May 1893 - Died 17 Sept 1916
- Service number
- WWI 12/439 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Sergeant AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Samuel AWMM
- Surname
- Pemberton AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 12/439 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 8 May 1893 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- S. Pemberton (father), Tauranga, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 12/439 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
5' 10.5" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
161 lb AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM - 6th Hauraki
Section 15Public - Sharron - Other relative - 22 September 2015 - 6th Hauraki Association
- WW1 Sergeant AWMM
- Last rank
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Biographical information
- Samuel Pemberton was the son of Mr and Mrs S. Pemberton, Devonport Road, Tauranga.
Enlisted with rank of private and posted to 6th (Hauraki) Company, Auckland Infantry Battalion, 14 August 1914. Proceeded overseas from Wellington on board HMNZT 'Waimana', 16 October 1914.
Disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.
Proceeded overseas from Alexandria to the Dardanelles on board HMT 'Lutzow', 12 April 1915.
Wounded in action, the Dardanelles, 8 May 1915 (gun shot wound, left knee); evacuated to HMT 'Southland', 9 May 1915; disembarked and admitted to Royal Navy Hospital Imtarfa, Malta, 18 May 1915; transferred to St George's Hospital, Malta, 6 July 1915; transferred to Pembroke Convalescent Camp, Malta, 7 July 1915; embarked on board HMT 'Georgian' and proceeded overseas to Egypt, 31 August 1915.
Embarked on board HMT 'Ionian' and proceeded to the Dardanelles, 9 September 1915; disembarked and rejoined unit, the Dardanelles, 15 September 1915.
Proceeded overseas from Lemnos on board HMT 'Marsova' for Egypt, 25 December 1915; disembarked in Alexandria, Egypt, 26 December 1915.
Appointed Acting Corporal, Moascar Camp, 9 January 1916.
Promoted Corporal, Ismailia Camp, 6 March 1916.
Promoted Sergeant, Ismailia Camp, 3 April 1916.
Embarked on board HMT 'Franconia' from Port Said, Egypt, and proceeded overseas to France, 6 April 1916.
Killed in action, 17 September 1916.
Parents: Mr & Mrs S Pemberton, Devonport Road, Tauranga
Next of Kin: Mr S. Pemberton, Devonport Rd, Tauranga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 17 Sept 1916 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
- 23Public - Sharron - Other Relative - 14 March 2015 - Family Papers, military file
- Place of death
- Most likely to have been at the battle of Flers-Courcelette which the New Zealanders were involved iPublic - Sharron - Other Relative - 14 March 2015 - Military file and personal research
- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- ConcussionPublic - Sharron - Other Relative - 14 March 2015 - Copy of a letter (author unknown) written to his parents.
Also, letter by G Davoren to his mother published in the Bay of Plenty Times on 17 November 1916 - this soldier writes of witnessing Samuel's death.
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20800254
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1463723/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1463723
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Page No: 574 - NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 4: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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