Captain

Samuel Arnold Atkinson

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of the late Sir Harry Albert Atkinson, K.C.M.G. (Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1876-77, 1883-84, 1887-91), and Annie Atkinson; husband of Mary H. Atkinson, of Upland Rd., Kelburn, Wellington.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"Temporary Captain Samuel Arnold Atkinson, who obtained his B.A.. at Canterbury College and later finished his LL.B. course at Victoria College, was one of the original officers of the V.U.C. Offices Training Corps. He enlisted in the N.Z.E.F. on 10th January. 1916, as a lieutenant, and left New Zealand on 26th June, 1916. joining up in France with the 2nd Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade. He was later appointed temporary captain and was commanding a company at the time he was killed in a raid in front of Messines on 5th. June, 1917, in a gallant attempt to save a fallen comrade. He was buried at Ration Farm, near Messines, on the following day. In him New Zealand lost one of her clearest and most imperial thinkers, and his work in connection with "The Round Table" is a monument to his memory." [The Spike: or, Victoria College Review War Memorial Number, Eric Kendall Rishworth (editor), Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association, 1920, Wellington]

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
14714
Name:
Samuel Arnold Atkinson
Rank: 
Captain
Date of Birth:
08 August 1874
Education: 
Next of Kin: 
Mrs M.H. Atkinson (wife), 149 Upland Road, Kelburn, Wellington, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Law Reporter and barrister
Unit:
3 New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade, 2 Battalion, D Company

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
05 June 1917
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
43
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
26 June 1916
Transport:

HMNZT 56
HMNZT 57
Vessel:
Maunganui or Tahiti
Destination:
Devonport, England (22 August 1916)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
IV. E. 12.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
Samuel Arnold Atkinson
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