Samuel Edward KING

Regimental number30954
OccupationGrocer
Next of kinMother, Mrs E A King, Church Street, Nelson
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), New Zealand Rifle Brigade Details, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Athenic on 30 December 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 15 July 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNieppe Communal Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No 2), near Amiens, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry Blanchard King and Elizabeth Anne King
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 49, p. 13

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