Samuel George FRITH

Regimental number28708
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinWife, Mrs A Frith, 5 Queen's Avenue, Dominion Road, Auckland
Previous military serviceServed for 10 years in India.
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 18th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tofua on 11 October 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 1 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialMasnieres British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 7), Marcoing, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Annie Frith, Arncliffe, Sheffield, England; Wife: Annie Frith, 119 Edendale Road, Kingsland, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 43, p. 3

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