Samuel Llewellyn Serpell

Forenames

Samuel Llewellyn AWMM

Surname

Serpell AWMM

Service number

WWI 3/2874 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Samuel James Serpell (father), Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Feb 1917 AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 3/2874 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Cross (MC) AWMM
  MC. London Gazette, 17 December 1917, p13185: For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in attending to the wounded at the regimental aid post under heavy fire. Although twice wounded, he went on with his work until ordered to hospital by his commanding officer. AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Surgeon/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Feb 1917-02 May 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 76 AWMM Vessel was Aparima or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Captain/Military AWMM 22nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Captain/Military AWMM
New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM

Husband of M.M. Serpell of 447 Victoria Road, Marrickville, Sydney, Australia

Next of Kin: Mrs M. M. Serpell, Marrickville, Sydney (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

15 Dec 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Menin Road South Military Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM III G 26 AWMM

Memorial name

• New Plymouth Boy's High School memorial gate, New Plymouth, New Zealand AWMM
• Memorial plaque, St Paul's Church, No 3 Field Ambulance, 25 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand 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/R7815776
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-416629.html
  Further Reference
• SCRoll profile (South Canterbury Roll of Honour)
  https://museum.timaru.govt.nz/explore/scroll/profile?id=2208
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/96936/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/96936
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  55: 25
• Pat Clarkson Medical Practitioner Research Project (January 2014 - March 2022). This project identified Medical Practioners who served in WWI.
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• 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. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Carbery, A.R.D. (1924). The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War, 1914-1918 : based on official documents. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• HMNZT 77 S.S. Mokoia - The nomad : unofficial organ of E., F. & G. Co...Z.E.F. (Troopship 77 (S.S. Mokoia) -- Souvenir edition -- Cape Town : 22nd Reinforcement Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : 1917