Samuel Walter “Walter; also recorded as Walter” Ellingham

Lieutenant · NZ #30972 · T Patrol

What this roll records

Forenames given in full in August 2026 as Samuel Walter, where this roll held only “Walter”. The Auckland War Memorial Museum’s L.R.D.G. Membership Roll of February 1970 gives the full form against the same service number. The old form is kept in the AKA field and stays searchable. O’Carroll already gives him on this card as “Lieut. S.W. Ellingham”; the Cenotaph supplies what the S stands for. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph, record 118509.

Patrol T: "Lieut. S.W. Ellingham", listed among T Patrol members. Patrol from Brendan O'Carroll, "The Long Range Desert Group in North Africa".

Embarkation detail from his Cenotaph record: he embarked as LIEUTENANT, 6TH ANTI-TANK COMPANY, N.Z. ARTILLERY, 2NZEF Nominal Roll 3 p. 139, Third Echelon. This agrees with the rank held on this card. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph, record 118509.

Cenotaph record linked. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

The prefix NZ has been added to his service number, on the authority of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph record already linked on this card — the Museum holds him as a New Zealand service person. The digits are unchanged. This roll formerly left the number unmarked, which made it look like a British number to anyone reading the field rather than the card.

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Where this comes from

• AKA added from the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll (missing information).

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