Samuel Alfred Crowhurst

Forenames

Samuel Alfred AWMM

Surname

Crowhurst AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/1933 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1890 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Mercer, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Samuel George Crowhurst (father), 4 Roxburgh Street, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 17 Apr 1915 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/1933 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  MM. London Gazette 16 August 1917, p8429, Rec No 938. For devotion to duty. This non-commissioned officer established a strong point when his platoon officer and sergeant had been put out of action.When the post was established he kept the garrison together and hung on through heavy shellfire until releived. The garrison was on several occassions buried by shell. AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 17 Apr 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Sergeant AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Death

21 Aug 1917 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Mud Corner Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium AWMM II C 1 AWMM

Memorial name

• Family grave memorial, St Mark's Churchyard (Anglican), 95 Remuera Road, Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Newmarket War Memorial, Olympic Park, Newmarket, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• The Borough of Newmarket War Memorial, Auckland Council Archives AWMM
• Mercer First World War Memorial, corner of Roose Road and Riverbank Road, Mercer AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21005243
  Further Reference
• London Gazette.
  http://www.gazettes-online.co.uk/home.aspx?geotype=London
  Sources Used
• Newmarket Roll of Honour World War I Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/NMB008/searchnewmarket.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/445335/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/445335
  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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 165
• 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
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Scadden, J. (2018). Broken branches : New Zealand families who lost three or more children in the Great War.
• 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.