SMITH, Samuel Richard
(Service number 6/4145)
| First Rank | Corporal | Last Rank | Private |
|---|
Birth
| Date | 16/01/1889 | Place of Birth | Geraldine |
|---|
Enlistment Information
| Date | 17 November 1915 | Age | 26 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Address at Enlistment | Woodbury Road, Geraldine | ||
| Occupation | Apiarist [own business] | ||
| Previous Military Experience | 2 years Territorials, 3 yrs Volunteer | ||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Stephen Thomas Smith, Woodbury Road, Geraldine | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
|---|
Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | NZ Expeditionary Force | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 10th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 3 April 1916 | ||
| Transport | Willocha or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
| Other Units Served With | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Medals | |||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
| Date of Capture | |
|---|---|
| Where Captured and by Whom | |
| Actions Prior to Capture | |
| PoW Serial Number | |
| PoW Camps | |
| Days Interned | |
| Liberation Date |
Death
| Date | 16 Sept 1916 | Age | 27 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Death | Somme, France | ||
| Cause | Killed in Action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine Church Memorial; Geraldine War Memorial; Victoria Lodge IOOF, Woodbury Library | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of Stephen Thomas and Fanny Smith.
Timaru Herald, 15 September 1917, Page 6:
SMITH.—In loving memory of Corporal Samuel Richard Smith, killed in action in France, on September 16th, 1916. No one he loved was by his side. To hear his last faint sigh Or whisper just one loving word. Before he passed away. —lnserted by his brother and sister-in-law. R. and H. Smith.
[Robert and Harriet nee Waller]
Sources
Military Record held at Archives New Zealand, Wellington Office Item ID R7819307 (which confirmed that R Smith was in fact Samuel Richard Smith); Probate held at Archives New Zealand, Christchurch Office Item ID R21844889
External Links
Related Documents
No documents available.
Researched and Written by
Liz Shea, SC branch NZSG; John Sutherland, SC branch NZSG
Currently Assigned to
Not assigned.
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise stated.
Tell us more
Do you have information that could be added to this story? Or related images that you are happy to share? Submit them here!