Alban TAYLOR

Regimental number12/1514
Date of birth4 May 1886
Place of birthAuckland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressTauranga
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height6' 0"
Weight181 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Taylor, Rawene Road, Birkenhead, Auckland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 October 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 December 1914
Final rankSergeant
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 27 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot VII, Row AA, Grave No 18), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: John and Eliza Taylor, Rawene Road, Birkenhead, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined Auckland Infantry Bn, Gallipoli, 8 May 1915, and appointed Acting Corporal.

Admitted to No 2 Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 11 August 1915 (influenza), and relinquished appointment as Acting Corporal; transferred to England (date not recorded), and admitted to 1st War Hospital, Birmingham, 16 September 1915.

Attached to NZ Base Depot, Hornchurch, 27 January 1916.

Admitted to Addington War Hospital, Croydon, 14 April 1916; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 6 July 1916.

Attached on strength to 1st Training Bn, Sling Camp, 8 September 1916.

Appointed Temporary Sergeant, 18 September 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France (date not recorded); marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 20 September 1916; rejoined Bn, in the field, 1 October 1916, and relinquished appointment as Temporary Sergeant.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 16 January 1917.

Promoted Corporal, 1 April 1917.

Detached to Reinforcements Camp, 1 June 1917; rejoined Bn, 18 June 1917.

Promoted Sergeant, 22 June 1917.

Wounded in action, 22 June 1917 (slight); rejoined Bn from Field Ambulance, 27 June 1917.

Detached to School of Instruction, 17 September 1917; rejoined Bn, 27 October 1917.

On leave, 6 November 1917; rejoined Bn from leave, 15 November 1917.

Attached to Brigade School, 10 December 1917; rejoined Bn, 1 January 1918.

Appointed Temporary Warrant Officer Class II, 27 January 1918.

On leave to United Kingdom, 30 January 1918; rejoined Bn from leave, 18 February 1918.

Detached to Brigade School, 25 February 1918; rejoined Bn, 8 March 1918.

Relinquished temporary appointment as Warrant Officer Class II, 29 March 1918.

Appointed Temporary Warrant Officer Class II, 31 March 1918; relinquished temporary appointment, 30 April 1918.

Sentenced by Field General Court Martial, 14 June 1918, to take rank and precedence as if his promotion to the rank of Sergeant bore date the 22nd September 1917 (absent without leave from Tattoo Roll Call, 9.30 pm, 29 May, to 7.15 am, 30 May 1917).

Killed in action, 27 August 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Second
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805