Samuel James FRENCH

Regimental number16/1480
OccupationFitter
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary French, Peel Street, Westport
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Maori Contingent
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimaroa on 29 July 1916
Final rankCorporal
Final unitNew Zealand Pioneer (Maori) Battalion
FateDied of disease 7 August 1916
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsCanterbury Provincial Memorial
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Mary French, Peel Street, Westport
Other details

Died at sea en route from New Zealand, 7 August 1916.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 37

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