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Samuel Hayden Townsend

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 34), Page: 9 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 34), Page: 9 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Samuel Hayden AWMM
  • Surname
    Townsend AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Samuel Haydon Townsend AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 15047 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    England, United Kingdom AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Priscilla Alice Townsend (mother), Waimairi Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 26 June 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 15047 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Butcher/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Samuel Haydon Townsend and Priscilla Alice Townsend, of 67, Elizabeth St., Lower Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand. Native of Boxmoor, Herts, England AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    12 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 39 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM

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23 November 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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