GOULD, Samuel James
(Service number 62965)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 13/08/1880 | Place of Birth | Rangitata |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Rangitata, Canterbury | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Next of Kin | William GOULD (father), Rangitata | ||
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 | 33rd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company | ||
| Date | 31 December 1917 | ||
| Transport | Athenic | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 31 September 1950 | Age | 70 years |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Samuel James Gould was the son of William and Hannah Maria (or Dophia) Gould. He was educated at the Woodbury and Orari Bridge schools. He married Susan Ethel McCleery in 1920. He returned to New Zealand on the Paparoa's draft which arrived at Wellington in May 1919.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 May 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [31 May 2019]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [31 May 2019]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [31 May 2019]; Timaru Herald, 5 May 1919 (Papers Past) [11 July 2015]
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