CULLIMORE, Samuel
(Service number 35194)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 23/06/1896 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Next of Kin | Joseph CULLIMORE (father), Pleasant Point, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 11th Reinforcements, J Company | ||
| Date | 2 January 1917 | ||
| Transport | Opawa | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | London, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Regiment | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 3 November 1973 | Age | 77 years |
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| Place of Death | |||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Ashburton Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Samuel Cullimore was the son of Joseph Jess and Elizabeth Ann (née Keene) Cullimore, and a twin of Queenie. S. Cullimore, 35194, Pleasant Point, returned to New Zealand in March 1918 in Draft 149.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 February 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [05 February 2017]; Evening Post, 13 March 1918 (Papers Past) [05 Feberuary 2017]
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