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Second Lieutenant SAMUEL JAMES BEART FOSS

Service Number: 10/338
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1916

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. C. 22.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info 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.
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DERNANCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2167
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