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Serjeant WILLIAM SAMSON

Service Number: 23/2085
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Rifle Brigade

"B" Coy. 1st Bn. 3rd

Date of Death

Died 20 June 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY

III. A. 29.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Elizabeth Samson. Also served in Samoa.
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Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1539
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