James Tayne TAINE

Regimental number2/1573
Date of birth15 November 1894
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationManufacturer
AddressRoyal Crescent, Kew
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 8"
Weight138 lbs
Next of kinFather, Walter Taine, Kew, Caversham, Dunedin
Previous military serviceServed in New Zealand Coast Defence; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDrowned at sea 2 September 1915
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel No 72), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs Walter Taine, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Drowned at sea from Gallipoli: ship torpedoed.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Fifth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7823531

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