Samuel Charters

Forenames

Samuel AWMM

Surname

Charters AWMM

Service number

WWI 63717 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Margaret Lee (sister), Otamauri, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 63717 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 21 Nov 1917-07 Jan 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 96 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 32nd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

• Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died after discharge from the NZEF from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service AWMM
• Other, WWI AWMM
  Nature of Injury: T.B. lung Percent of disability: 25 Source: New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100% AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment AWMM

Son of Mr and Mrs William Charters of Bellaghy, Co. Derry, Ireland.

On the other side of his headstone is a memorial to John Charters, his brother, who died in France in 1916

Present address (as listed in New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%): Napier Public Hospital AWMM

Death

23 Dec 1920 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service AWMM

Cemetery

Hastings Cemetery, Orchard Road, Hastings, New Zealand AWMM Block A AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21893681
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643599/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643599
  Further Reference
• Members of the NZEF 1914-1918 with a next-of-kin address in Ireland or who were born in Ireland.
  https://www.sooty.nz/irish1nzef.html
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  75: 31
• New Zealand. Army (1920). List of the names of all ex-members of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, suffering permanent disability from 20% to 100%, compiled from returns supplied by the Commissioner of Pensions, in respect to: a) Permanent War Pensions, and from returns supplied by the Director-General of Medical Services, regarding: b) Discharged and undischarged hospital patients, assessed as suffering permanent disability, but not yet in receipt of a pension at date (28-4-20). New Zealand. Director-General of Medical Services. NZ Times Co. (Printer).
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• Soldiers' pie : being the unofficial journal of the C,D,E & F Coys. Artillery, Specialists N.Z.E. (Tunnellers) N.Z.M.C. of the 32nd Reinforcements. [1918]. London, England: R. Clay and sons, Ltd.