Samuel FLETCHER

Regimental number13/556
Date of birth15 June 1891
Place of birthOnehunga
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressTrafalgar Street, Onehunga
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 10"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Fletcher, Trafalgar Street, Onehunga
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date24 August 1914
Place of enlistmentAuckland
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Auckland on 16 October 1914
The Auckland Mounted Rifles, Main Body, left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 8 'Star of India' and HMNZT 12 'Waimana'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankTrooper
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 2), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Thomas Fletcher, Trafalgar Street, Onehunga, and the late Sarah A. Fletcher
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Auckland on board HMNZT 12 'Waimana', 16 October 1914.

Embarked Egypt to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 9 May 1915.

Admitted to hospital, 16 July 1915 (debility).

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Sarpi Camp, Lemnos, 31 October 1915, concluded: 'Reasonable to suppose dead 8 August 1915.'

War service: 350 days (of which 320 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21003536