Samuel FLETCHER

Regimental number10/3798
Place of birthWakarara, Napier
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Fletcher, Ongaonga
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 14 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialSt Sever Cemetery (Plot B, Row 14, Grave No 14), Rouen, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Ellen Fletcher, Ongaonga, Napier
Family/military connectionsBrother: 30194 Pte Harold Joseph FLETCHER, New Zealand Entrenching Bn, killed in action, 14 April 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 20