Samuel Innis Danrell
Died 31 Mar 1918
- Service number
- WWI 28688 AWMM
- Also known as
- Sam AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Samuel Innis AWMM
- Surname
- Danrell AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- Sam AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 28688 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Address before enlistment
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- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs A. Danrell (mother), Edendale Road, Kingsland, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
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Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 28688 AWMM
- Military service
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Clerk AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 11 Oct 1916-28 Dec 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 67 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 18th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Samuel Danrell died during the Second Battle of the Somme, March - April 1918.
Attended Auckland Grammar School.
McGibbon, I. (2001). New Zealand battlefields and memorials of the Western Front. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press in association with the History Group, Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Harper, G. (2003). Spring offensive : New Zealand and the second Battle of the Somme. Auckland, [N.Z.]: HarperCollins.
Next of Kin: Mr A. Danrell, Ponsonby, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM - Samuel was my greatuncle. His older half brother was my grandfather Aurthur Ingval Danrell. Their mother was Amalie Rassmina Paulsen of Tromso, Norway.
Samuels father was Ah Sam Ching from Canton. He married Amalie in Auckland on March 5 1886, had two children William and Bentina before moving to Raratonga. Samuel Olaf was born in Avarua on October 19th 1895. Amalie and her 5 children returned to Auckland 1897-8 to live where they used the surname Danrell.Public - Noeline - Other relative - 20 May 2018 - My sources are from old family letters and Birth, Death and Marriage certificates.
Samuel's birth was found on microfiche obtained from Salt Lake City archives showing a copy of the entry into a Church Registrar in Raratonga.
Samuel Olaf boy son of Ahsam of Avarua Raratonga Oct 19th 1895
- Samuel Danrell died during the Second Battle of the Somme, March - April 1918.
About death
- Death
- 31 Mar 1918 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France AWMM II. H. 9. AWMM
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Third Term, 1918. AWMM
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
- Family grave Memorial, Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland AWMM
- Mount Albert War Memorial Hall, 773 New North Road, Mount Albert Auckland 1025 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/R20995219
Further Reference - The New Zealand Heritage List. War Memorial, Auckland Grammar School, Mountain Road, Epsom, Auckland.
http://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/4472
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/35268/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/35268
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
43: 4 - Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
Obituary, 1918, Third term. p.26. - 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; Vol. 5: Includes portrait - 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.
- HMNZT 67. Long Trail. (1916). On board ship:Published by the Right Wing of the 18th Reinforcements.
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