PRUE, Samuel Creed
(Service number 24222)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 06/01/1896 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | C/o W. Simpson, Waituna | ||
| Occupation | Farm labourer | ||
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| Next of Kin | S. PRUE (father), Opie Street, 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 | 13th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 27 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Tofua | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 19 December 1935 | Age | 39 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waimate Old Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Samuel Creed Prue was born on 6 January 1896 at Waimate, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (née Bryan) Prattley. S. C. Prue, 24222, of Waimate, returned to New Zealand per the “Kia Ora”, embarking at Liverpool in March 1919, the draft being due at Lyttelton on 7 May 1919. He married Jessie Uneta Welch in 1923. Samuel died on 19 December 1935, aged 39 years, and was buried in Waimate Cemetery (Free ground), Jessie with him in 1949. It appears that all of his relatively short life, apart from his time abroad, was spent at Waimate.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [27 June 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [27 June 2020]; Waimate Cemetery burial record (Waimate District Council) [30 June 2020]; New Zealand Times, 26 April 1919 (Papers Past) [27 June 2020]
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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
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