Samuel CARLING

Regimental number23/1341
Date of birth10 November 1885
Place of birthLivingstone
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressLivingstone
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 6"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs Paterson, Livingstone
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 May 1915
Place of enlistmentPongaroa
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 27 March 1919
Discharge date6 June 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 20 December 1915; posted to D Company, 1st Bn, 8 March 1916.

Admitted to NZ Stationary Hospital, Moascar, 24 March 1916 (venereal disease); transferred to 17th General Hospital, Alexandria, 19 April 1916 (syphilis); discharged to duty, 17 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria for France, 27 May 1916; rejoined Bn, nd posted to D Company, in the field, 29 July 1916.

Forfeited 7 days' pay, 26 July 1916 (being in Paris without a pass).

Detached to Fascine Working Party, 30 April 1917; rejoined unit, 23 May 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 14 August 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 31 August 1917.

Awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2, 24 October 1917 (drunkenness).

Detached to No 2 Field Company, NZ Engineers, 22 November 1917.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 10 December 1917; discharged to duty, 26 December 1917; rejoined unit, 30 December 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 2 August 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 20 August 1918.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 22 August 1918; transferred to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 22 August 1918 (soft chancre); to Ambulance Train No 20, 22 August 1918, and admitted to 51st General Hospital, Etaples, 24 August 1918; discharged to duty, 10 September 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board SS 'Kia Ora', 27 March 1919; discharged, 6 June 1919.

Total war service: 3 years 288 days (of which 3 years 178 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: B Company/1st NZRB
Date of death25 December 1926 Dunedin
Age at death41
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805