Samuel Grace
Born 16 Jul 1897 - Died 19 Feb 1918
- Service number
- WWI 19745 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
- PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
- Forenames
- Samuel AWMM
- Surname
- Grace AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 19745 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
- Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
- Ngāti Porou, Ngā Iwi o Horouta, Horouta, Waka o Ngā Iwi, Ngā Iwi, Māori AWMM
- Religion
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 16 Jul 1897 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 16 July 1897Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
- Place of birth
- Tuparoa, East CoastPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
- Birth notes
- Son of William Robert and Mary Anne Grace of TuparoaPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/samuel-grace
- Address before enlistment
- Tuparoa, East CoastPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Hakahaka Hahipene (father), Torere, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- singlePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- NZ Maori Pioneer BattalionPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
- Service number
- WWI 19745 AWMM
- Military service
- 1917-1918Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 504088Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
- 19 Mar 1917 at Narrow Neck CampPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
- Age on enlistment
- 20yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Military Record
- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Jul 1917-16 Sep 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 88 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Private AWMM 19th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of William Robert and Mary Anne Grace, of Tuparoa, East Coast, New Zealand.
Next of Kin: Mr W. Grace, Tuparoa Bay, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM - He as are we are not descendant of the missionary Thomas Samuel Grace. His Grandfather was Kerehi Waiariki, his father who was of Kerehi Waiariki's second marriage took the name Kerehi as his surname which translates from maori to Grace.Public - Ricki - Direct descendant - 16 April 2019 - Family Whakapapa
- Descendent of the early missionary to the Maori, Thomas Samuel GracePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 February 2016 - Research
- Son of William Robert and Mary Anne Grace, of Tuparoa, East Coast, New Zealand.
About death
- Death
- 19 Feb 1918 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Samuel Grace was the son of William Robert Grace and Mary Anne Grace (Walker), of Tuparoa, East Coast, New Zealand. He served with the New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion (Service No. WWI 19745). Samuel was killed in action in France on 19 February 1918. He is remembered on the Buttes New British Cemetery (N.Z.) Memorial in Belgium.Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 14 May 2024 - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12902633/samuel_grace
- Memorial name
- Gisborne War MemorialPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 19 January 2016 - Research
- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
- St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16787728
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130608.html
Further Reference - 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1737340/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1737340
Further Reference - Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
68: 16 - Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
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