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Samuel Dill Armstrong

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  • Service number
    WWI 12/1879 AWMM
  • Also known as
    Samuel Armstrong AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Last rank
  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories Panel Awiti T. - Alotau (photo J Halpin 2010) (CC-BY John Halpin)

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Samuel Dill AWMM
  • Surname
    Armstrong AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Samuel Armstrong AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 12/1879 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 October 1882 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Pre 12 January 1915 AWMM 277 Great North Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland AWMM
    • Pre 12 January 1917 AWMM 18 Oliphant Street Street, Ponsonby, Auckland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Elizabeth Lamb (sister), Dominion Road, Auckland AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 26 April 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 12/1879 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Enlistment forms show DOB as 14/10/1886 and 14/10/1882. Discharged 2/3/1915, re-enlisted 12/1/1917 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    20 November 1931 AWMM
    Age 48 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland AWMM Soldiers Burial B Row 3, Plot 9 AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • 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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