Samuel James CARLYON

Regimental number6/2400
Address42 College Hill, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Carlyon, 42 College Hill, Auckland
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 11 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialCalais Southern Cemetery (Plot E, Row 1, Grave No 15), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Mary Carlyon, Coromandel, New Zealand. Also served in Egypt and Gallipoli
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Fifth