Samuel James KEAM

Regimental number29902
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, S Keam, Welcome Bay, Tauranga
Rank on embarkationCorporal
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 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Samuel and Phillipa Keam, Welcome Bay, Tauranga, Thames. Native of Brunnerton, Greymouth
Other details

War service: Western Front

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

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