SAMS, Lindsay Herbert
(Service number 24/1185)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank | Lance-corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 12 January 1888 | Place of Birth | Linnburn, Invermay, Tasmania, Australia |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Claremont, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Shepherd | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs F. R. SAMS (mother), Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | D Company | ||
| Date | 9 October 1915 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 6 March 1965 | Age | 77 yrs |
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| Place of Death | New South Wales, Australia | ||
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| New Zealand Memorials | Launceston Holy Trinity anglican Church Roll of Honour (& 3 brothers). | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of Herbert Albert SAMS (Marine Captain) & Frances Ethel Ross nee LAMB. Three brothers also served in WWI in the Australian Forces - George Gardner SAMS who died of wounds in 1916 in France, Norman Keate SAMS & Colin Ross SAMS. He was a cousin of William Montague Home, Frank Douglas Home & Herbert William Home SAMS, of Balmoral, Fairlie, who also served. It appears that Lindsay was a shepherd at his uncle's place in New Zealand prior to his enlistment in NZ. Returned to Auckland on 31 January 1918.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [06 March 2014]; Timaru Herald, 15 March 1915, 26 May 1916, 31 May 1915, Evening Post, 19 September 1917, 31 January 1918 (Papers Past) [28 February 2014; 06 March 2014]; First World War Embarkation Rolls (www.awm.gov.au) [06 March 2014]; Tasmania Birth Indexes, Family Tree (ancestry.com.au) [06 March 2014]; NSW BDM Indexes [06 March 2014]; State Records NSW (search.records.nsw.gov.au) [06 March 2014]; Australia Cemetery Index - Inscriptions of Tasmania (interactive.ancestry.com.au) [06 March 2014]
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