Alexandria Norman TAYLOR

Regimental number10/611
Date of birth26 November 1894
Place of birthRangitiki
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressSawmill Company, Taringamutu
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.9
Height5' 7.25"
Weight158 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J S Taylor, 62 Duke Street, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 23), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Name entered on Roll of Honour as Alexander Norman TAYLOR. Parents: Mr & Mrs J.S. Taylor, 25 Princes Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Treated at Malta for venereal disease; returned to 4th Training Bn, Zeitoun, 11 June 1915.

Embarked Egypt to rejoin Bn at Gallipoli, 16 June 1915; rejoined Bn, 22 June 1915.

Killed in action, 8 August 1915.

War service: 366 days (of which 266 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7824071

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