Samuel ALLINGTON

Regimental number6/2052
Date of birth28 November 1888
Place of birthRangiora, Canterbury
AddressPapanui, Christchurch
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 6.5"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinFather, Charles Allington, 350 North Road, Papanui, Christchurch
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 February 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 21 November 1916
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialSt Nicholas' Churchyard (Plot A, Row 2, Grave No 8), Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Charles and Hannah Allington, 4 Leinster Road, St Albans, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 9 August 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Ulysses', Gallipoli, -- August 1915 (venereal disease); transferred to Divisional Base Isolation Hospital, Abbassia, Egypt, 25 August 1915; discharged to duty, 13 November 1915; attached to Base Details, Zeitoun, 16 November 1915.

Admitted to New Zealand General Hospital, Cairo, 5 December 1915 (influenza); discharged to Base Depot, Ghezireh, 22 December 1915; rejoined Bn, Ismailia, 18 January 1916.

Admitted to New Zealand Field Ambulance, 20 January 1916; transferred to New Zealand General Hospital, 23 January 1916; rejoined Bn, 27 August 1916.

Embarked Port Said, Egypt, for France, 6 April 1916.

Awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, Morbecque, 1 May 1916 (absent without leave).

Wounded in action, 27 September 1916 (gun shot wound, chest, empyema); admitted to XV Corps Dressing Station, 28 September 1916, and transferred to 36th Casualty Clearing Station; to No 26 General Hospital, Etaples, 1 October 1916. Transferred to England, 10 November 1916, and admitted to No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, 12 November 1916.

Died of wounds, Brockenhurst, 23 November 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Fifth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805