Second Lieutenant

Samuel James Beart Foss

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of the late Samuel and Mary Foss, of Hukanui, New Zealand, and formerly of Swindon, Wilts., England. Served also in Egypt and Gallipoli and in the South African Campaign.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
10/338
Name:
Samuel James Beart Foss
Rank: 
Second Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Mary Poole Foss (mother), Hukanui, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Levin, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
School teacher
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Auckland Regiment, 2 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, received at Flers
Date of Death:
24 September 1916
Day of Death:
Sunday
Age at Death: 
34
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Main Body
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 7
HMNZT 10
Vessel:
Limerick or Arawa
Destination:
Suez, Egypt (3 December 1914)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
III. C. 22.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Samuel James Beart Foss
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