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Samuel Tanner

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Portrait of Tanner. Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1917, v.5, n.2. Image has no known copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Tanner. Auckland Grammar School chronicle. 1917, v.5, n.2. Image has no known copyright …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Samuel AWMM
  • Surname
    Tanner AWMM
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  • Gender
    Male AWMM
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Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 August 1894 AWMM Tauranga, Bay of Plenty AWMM
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Service

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
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Medical history

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    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Attended Auckland Grammar School. Son of Joseph and Florance Tanner, Bell Road, Remuera, Auckland. Source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    11 June 1917 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
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    Killed in Action AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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    • Tower Hill Memorial, London AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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    • Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School. AWMM
      vol.5, no.2, p.21 AWMM
    • Harper, G., Clements, C., & Johns., R. (2019). For King and Other Countries: The New Zealanders Who Fought in Other Services in the First World War. Auckland, New Zealand: Massey University Press. AWMM
    • Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions. AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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