Identity
Title
Forenames
Samuel AWMM
Surname
Frickleton AWMM
Ingoa
Also known as
Service number
WWI 6/2133 AWMM
Gender
Iwi
Hapū
Waka
Rohe
Religion
Civilian life
Birth
Date of birth
Place of birth
Birth notes
Address before enlistment
Pre 12 February 1915 AWMM Blackball, West Coast, New Zealand AWMM
Post war occupation
Next of kin on embarkation
- Mrs Elizabeth Frickleton (mother), Clifford Street, Blackball, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs Elizabeth Logan Frickleton (mother), Clifford Street, Blackball, Greymouth, New Zealand AWMM
Relationship status
Pre 13 June 1915
AWMM Single AWMM
Service
Medals and Awards
Victoria Cross (VC) AWMM Citation: "On 7 June 1917 at Messines, Belgium, Lance-Corporal Frickleton. although slightly wounded, dashed forward at the head his section, pushed into our barrage and personally destroyed with bombs an enemy machine-gun and crew which was causing heavy casualties. He then attacked a second gun killing all the crew of 12. By the destruction of these two guns he undoubtedly saved his own and other units from very severe casualties. During the consolidation of this position, he received a severe wound." Source :The Register of the Victoria Cross
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Capture details
Days interned
Liberation date
Liberation Repatriation
POW liberation details
POW serial number
Medical notes
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Wounded in action June 1917 AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Illness in October 1917 AWMM
Biographical information
Embarked with the fifth reinforcements to Egypt (June 1915) but was taken ill and returned to New Zealand where he was discharged medically unfit for duty. However he re-enlisted in April 1916, embarking for Britain. Was wounded in action (June 1917) at Messines where he won his Victoria Cross, was evacuated to Britain. He rejoined his unit in July but fell ill again (October, 1917) and was once again evacuated to Britain.
Went to Officer Cadet Training Unit at Cambridge, England, graduating as Second Lieutenant in March 1918
October 1919 - April 1927 Lieutenant with the New Zealand Staff Corps (retired on medical grounds)
1934-37 Territorial Force (promoted to Captain)
1937 New Zealand Coronation Contingent
Posted to retired list in 1948
His medals are held by the National Army Museum, Waiouru, New Zealand AWMM
Death
Death
1 September 1971 AWMM
Age 90 AWMM
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Date of death
Age at death
Place of death
Cause of death
Death notes
Cemetery
Taita Lawn Cemetery, Northern end Rimu Street, Naenae, Lower Hutt, New Zealand AWMM
Cemetery name
Grave reference
Obituary
Memorial name
Memorial reference
Memorials
Memorial name
- Dunedin, Victoria Cross winners' plaque, Queens Gardens, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
- Samuel Frickleton Memorial, Messines, Belgium AWMM
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Sources
External links
Documents
- Sanders, J. (1974). New Zealand VC winners : the story of New Zealand servicemen who won the greatest honour for valour on the battlefield. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson and Horton. AWMM
- Harper, G., & Richardson, C. (2006). In the face of the enemy: The complete history of the Victoria Cross and New Zealand. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins NZ. AWMM
- The Register of the Victoria Cross. (1997). (3rd ed.). Cheltenham, England: This England. AWMM
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
Vol1: 248 AWMM - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
37: 16 AWMM - The Register of the Victoria Cross. (1997). (3rd ed.). Cheltenham, England: This England. AWMM
p. 115 AWMM - McDonald, W. (2001). Honours and awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. Napier, N.Z.: Helen McDonald. AWMM
p. 110 AWMM - London Gazette AWMM
London Gazette (2 August 1917, citation) AWMM - Dominion Post AWMM
Kiwi war hero gets memorial at Messines. (2007, June 2), Dominion Post. AWMM - Harper, G., & Richardson, C. (2006). In the face of the enemy: The complete history of the Victoria Cross and New Zealand. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins NZ. AWMM
- Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2015). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-3). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM
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