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Topic: Samuel James Beart FOSS

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Declared Age: 32 years.

Last Employer: Wellington Education Board.

Died: aged 34 years.

NOK: Mrs Mary Foss (mother), Hukanui, NZ & Mr RJ FOSS (Brother), District High School, Eketahuna.

Height: 5'6" Weight: 9st 7lb.

Chest: 32½" - 35" Complexion: Fresh.

Eyes: Grey. Hair: Black.

Probate: Archives NZ, Wellington

Previous Military Training: South Wairarapa Mounted Rifles 9 months (prior to enlisting for Boer War).

Previously a Farmer of Clareville, Wairarapa.

Thank you to Richard West of Southwell, Notts, England for taking and sending the photos of the Headstone, Register entry and cemetery.

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Date of birth:	11 April 1882
Date of death:	24 September 1916
Place of birth:	Camberwell, London, England
Awards:	1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Occupation:	School Teacher, Levin School
Last known residence:	Levin
Cause of death:	Died of wounds
Place of death:	France
Buried where:	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. III.C.22
Spouses name:	Unmarried
Fathers name:	Samuel Foss
Fathers date of birth:	abt 1851
Fathers place of birth:	Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Fathers date of death:	1908
Mothers name:	Mary Poole (née Ker)
Mothers date of birth:	4th ¼ 1850
Mothers place of birth:	Registered Tewkesbury, Gloucester, England
Mothers date of death:	1919
Parents date of marriage:	3rd ¼ 1870
Siblings:	Reginald John (b abt 1875) and Edith Ethel (1881)
Parents place of marriage:	Registered Wandsworth, Greater London, England
Date of arrival overseas:	May 1915
Theatres of war:	Egyptian 1914-15-15, Egyptian EF 1916, Balkan 1915, Western European 1916
Surname:	FOSS
War memorial:	Levin, Weraroa Peace Gates
Place enlisted:	Palmerston North
Christian names:	Samuel James Beart
Wars:	WW1
Service number:	10/338
Religion:	C of E
Date enlisted:	15 August 1914
Final rank:	Private, promoted to Second Lieutenant
Regiment or service:	Embarkation Unit - Main Body Wellington Infantry Bn. Unit last-2nd Bn Auckland Infantry Regt NZEF
Embarkation date:	12 April 1915
User reference:	2.100