Samuel Douthitt HILL

Regimental number60371
OccupationAmerican consular officer
Next of kinFather, B F Hill, New Castle, Kentucky, United States of America
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company (30)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from New Zealand, on board HMNZT Corinthic on 13 October 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateAccidentally killed (run over by lorry) 30 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialSomme American Cemetery (Plot A, Row 29, Grave No 1), Bony, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Benjamin Franklin Hill and E Samuell Hill, New Castle, Kentucky, USA
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 72, p. 27

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