William Christopher TAYLER

Regimental number24/2295
OccupationRailway clerk
Next of kinFather, W R Tayler, 26 Liverpool Street, Wanganui
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 5th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNo 3 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps,
FateKilled in Action 3 January 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsButtes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Annie L.C. Taylor, 53 Marsden Avenue, Mount Eden, Auckland, and the late Vyvyan R. Tayler
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 7