Eric William TAINE

Regimental number51084
Date of birth1 March 1894
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23.11
Height5' 6"
Weight134 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs W Taine, Royal Crescent, Kew, Dunedin
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 May 1917
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 26th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 85 Willochra on 9 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 7 February 1919
Discharge date23 April 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Reported missing in action, believed Prisoner of War, 16 April 1918.

Released, arrived in London, 13 December 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board SS 'Ajana', 7 February 1919; discharged (termination of period of engagement), 23 April 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death10 June 1965
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 66, p. 7
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7823529