Samuell Douthitt Hill

Rifleman

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Benjamin Franklin Hill and E Samuell Hill of New Castle, Kentucky, USA. American Consular Officer, Auckland.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Samuel Hill was working at the US Consulate in Wellington, NZ, when the USA joined WW1 in 1917.

To join the US forces, he would have had to travel to his home state to enlist - at his own expense, so enlisted in the NZ forces.

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Casualty

Service Number:

60371

Name:

Samuell Douthitt Hill

Rank:

Rifleman

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

3 New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade, 4 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Accidentally killed

Date of Death:

30 June 1918

Day of Death:

Sunday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Somme American Cemetery, Bony

Cemetery Reference:

A. 29. 1.

Cemetery Location:

France