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MATHEWS, Samuel
(Service number 16173)

Taiko Hall World War One plaque — Mounted inside the Taiko Hall, alongside a Second World War plaque. Photographed October 2014. (Courtesy of Clive Callow )

Taiko Hall (interior) — Showing the First and Second World War memorial plaques over the fireplace. (Courtesy of Clive Callow )

Aliases
First Rank	Driver	Last Rank

Birth

Date	10/09/1986	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	3 October 1916	Age	29
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs C. Mathews (Mother), Avenue Street, Timaru, New Zealand
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	14th Reinforcements, New Zealand Army Service Corps,(attached New Zealand Engineers Tunelling Company 2nd Reinforcements)
Date	26 June 1916
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti - Ship
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western Europe 1916-17-18
Service Medals
Military Awards

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

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	6 February 1924	Age	37
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 38, Plot 477
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru Taiko Hall Memorial plaque

Biographical Notes

Samuel's brother, Thomas Mathews (no. 6/503), also served during the First World War.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Oct 2013); Probate was not filed for until 1924; Timaru District Council Cemetery Records (www.timaru.govt.nz); Archives New Zealand (April 2015)

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Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

Currently Assigned to

JCl

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