Samuel Francis PAGET

Regimental number10/3694
Date of birth5 June 1894
Place of birthTakapau
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm hand
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 6.75"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinFather, Thomas Paget, Waipukurau
Enlistment date18 October 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 6), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Samuel Francis Thomas and Nielsine Paget, Takaperu Road, Waipukurau, Napier
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 8 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 12 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria for France, 9 April 1916.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 20 July 1916 (diarrhoea); rejoined Bn, in the field, 8 August 1916.

Reported wounded in action, 4 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry subsequently declared fate to be 'Killed in action, 4 October 1917'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 21
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805