Samuel PORTER

Regimental number43899
OccupationGeneral merchant
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Porter, Tokoiti, Milton
Rank on embarkationBombardier
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Reinforcements (First Draft), New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 86 Maunganui on 12 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 2 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot V, Row B, Grave No 14), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late James and Bridget Porter, Kihi Kihi
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 27