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Māori

Samuel Carlyon

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 111 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 111 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Samuel AWMM
  • Surname
    Carlyon AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 8/911 AWMM
    • WWI 4/911A AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    15 February 1888 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 January 2016 - Military record
  • Place of birth
    Woodville, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 January 2016 - Military record
  • Birth notes
    on of Percy Frederick and Margaret Carlyon, of Henley St., Westport Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 January 2016 - Military record
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Otira, West Coast, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    P.I. Carlyon (father), Westport, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 8/911 AWMM
    • WWI 4/911A AWMM
  • Military service
    1914-1915 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 January 2016 - Military Record
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
      London Gazette, 5 August 1915, p7668: Mentioned in General Ian Hamilton's despatch of 20th May 1915. (Commander Meditteranean Expeditionary Force). AWMM
    • 1914-1915 Star
      British War & Victory Medals
      Plaque & Scroll # 501772 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 January 2016 - Military record

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    2yrs Gisborne Rifles, 2yrs Greymouth Rifles, 1yr Westport GA Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 January 2016 - Military record
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Blacksmith for the Public Works in Otira Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 January 2016 - Military record
  • Age on enlistment
    26yrs 5mths Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 January 2016 - Military record

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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of Percy Frederick and Margaret Carlyon of Henley Street, Westport AWMM
    • Sapper Samuel Carlyon, of the New Zealand Field Engineers, who has died of wounds, was a son of Sergeant P F Carlyon, who was at one time in charge of the local Police force. Spr S Carlyon came to Gisborne in 1906 and spent 6 years in the Gisborne Defence Cadets as a Sergeant, and also spent some time in the artillery at Westport. Whilst here he was working as a blacksmith in Mr J. J. H. Ormond's factory and at Otoko when the viaduct was being erected. He enlisted and went with the 4th Reinforcements Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 January 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 13724, 30 June 1915, Page 8
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    1 June 1915 AWMM
    Age 26 AWMM
    Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM II. E. 6. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
    • Tokomaru Bay War Memorial Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 10 January 2016 - Research
    • featherston memorial wairapa new zealand Public - ANTHONY - Other relative - 6 May 2017 - I visited featherston service on ANZAC day 2017 and witnesed his name and cross I also laid a poppy on his brothers grave in the local cemetary he died in the local training camp of typhoid he was in the dental corps ,he is not honered at the memorial as he died befor he could embarck for europe
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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06 May 2017ANTHONYBUCKFASTLEIGH DEVON UKOther relative
04 December 2015AllanRotoruaResearcher
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