Samuel Porter

Forenames

Samuel AWMM

Surname

Porter AWMM

Service number

WWI 11532 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1895 AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Bridget Porter (mother), Kihikihi, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of the Somme AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 11532 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Railway porter/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 01 May 1916-09 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 51 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 12th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Son of Mrs Bridget Porter (nee Mahon) and James Porter.

Three sons served in WW1 Samuel Porter (11532) kia, Harold Porter (49739) and William Porter (58457). Their Uncle John Mahon (72990) who is their mother Bridget's brother and their cousin Thomas "Tom" Long (72905) their mother's sister's son also served in WW1.

Next of Kin: Miss K. Porter, Eureka, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

2 Oct 1916 AWMM
Age  21 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l'Abbe, Somme, France AWMM V. B. 14. AWMM

Memorial name

• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20802167
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/272208/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/272208
  Further Reference

References

• Auckland Weekly News
  Auckland Weekly News, 1917
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  30: 4
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• 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.