Samuel Edward King

Forenames

Samuel Edward AWMM

Surname

King AWMM

Service number

WWI 30954 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

• 20 Jun 1894 AWMM
• 20 Jun 1894 Public Source

Date of birth

20 June 1894

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Place of birth

Mangatanoka, Pahiatua District.

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Address before enlistment

Church Street, Nelson.

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Next of kin

• Mrs E.A. King (mother), Church Street, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Elizabeth Anne King (mother).
  Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 15 June 2017 - Military File

Relationship status

Single

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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 30954 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Grocer/Civilian AWMM

Occupation before enlistment

Employed by Buxton & Co - at Nelson.

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Embarkation details

WW1 30 Dec 1916-03 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 72 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM

• Samuel King was the son of Henry Blanchard King and Elizabeth Anne King.
  
  Next of Kin: Mr H. B. King Box 138 Wellington (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM
• Served France & Belgium (1917).
  For 5 photographs of Private Samuel King - in World War One military uniform - refer to Nelson Museum Photograph Collection : Item ref # 93351; 93352; 93353; 93354 & 93355.
  Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 15 June 2017 - Nelson Provincial Museum, New Zealand.

Death

15 Jul 1917 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Nieppe Communal Cemetery, France AWMM III. B. 2. AWMM

Memorial name

ANZAC Park War Memorial (1914-1918) - at Nelson City, New Zealand.

Public - Jenifer - Researcher - 15 June 2017 - ANZAC Park War Memorial name plate.

Memorial name

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

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18057353
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/189943/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/189943
  Further Reference

References

• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  49: 13
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.