Samuel POMEROY

Regimental number22091
Date of birth25 August 1881
Place of birthInvercargill
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFish curer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29.7
Height5' 7.5"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs E J Pomeroy, Kirkwood Lane, Invercargill
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 May 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 16th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 63 Navua on 20 August 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 3), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Wife: Ethel Jessie Pomeroy, 100 Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie, Wellington. Native of Invercargill
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Dunedin, 21 August 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 25 October 1916, and marched into Sling Camp.

Posted to 4th NZ Machine Gun Company, Grantham, 18 December 1916.

Admitted to Venereal Section, NZ Command Depot, Codford, 29 December 1916; discharged, 18 January 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 20 days.

Found guilty by District Court Martial, 19 June 1917, of when on Active Service deserting His Majesty's Service, i.e. absent without leave from 3.30 pm, 4 June, to 11 am, 7 June 1917, when under orders for Overseas: sentenced to undergo detention for 1 year, and forfeited 4 days' pay under Royal Warrant, and 11 days' pay net.

Marched into Grantham, 5 July 1917, having been released from detention, 4 July 1917; sentence remitted.

Proceeded overseas to France, 6 July 1917; joined 2nd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, in the field, 11 August 1917, and posted to 4th Company.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 8 September 1917 (pyrexia, unknown origin); rejoined Bn, 11 September 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 18
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20801992