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Samuel Edward Bales

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Samuel Edward AWMM
  • Surname
    Bales AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 61983 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    George Jones (friend), 11 Pirie Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 61983 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 Clerk 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 May 1918 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
    26yrs Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 February 2024 - DOMINION, VOLUME 11, ISSUE 239, 27 JUNE 1918, PAGE 4
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, FRANCE Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 February 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/samuel-edward-bales
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Private S. E. Bales, who was killed in action in France in May last, was a member of the permanent; staff of the Wellington Harbour Board. He was a single man. 26 years of age, with no relatives in New Zealand. The death was mentioned, with regret by the chairman of the board last night. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 February 2024 - DOMINION, VOLUME 11, ISSUE 239, 27 JUNE 1918, PAGE 4
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM
    • Wellington Harbour Great Wars Honours Board, Wellington AWMM

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27 February 2024Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher

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