DOWTHWAITE, Samuel Joseph
(Service number 72033)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Trooper |
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Birth
| Date | 20 August 1893 | Place of Birth | Kaiapoi |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Box 47, Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | J. DOWTHWAITE (father), P. O. Box 47, Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 37th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade | ||
| Date | 13 June 1918 | ||
| Transport | Manuka | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Mounted Rifles | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 3 November 1972 | Age | 79 years |
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| Place of Death | Stoke | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated Nelson | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Samuel Joseph Dowthwaite was the son of Elizabeth Louisa (Lizzie, née Skevington) Dowthwaite. He was educated at Waimate District High School and Waihaorunga School, having two periods off with sickness. Lance Corporal S. J. Dowthwaite returned to New Zealand from Egypt per the troopship “Ellenga”, embarking at Suez on 23 July 1919 and arriving in late August. His brother Thomas William Dowthwaite also served in World War I. Samuel married Susan Annie Eathorne in 1920.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 April 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [April 2020]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [07 April 2020]; Nelson Cremation record (Nelson City Council) [07 April 2020]; Sun, 16 August 1919 (Papers Past) [04 April 2020]
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