Edward James TAYLOR

Regimental number30991
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs M E Taylor, Brightwater, Nelson
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), New Zealand Rifle Brigade Details, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Athenic on 30 December 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 15 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialSailly-Au-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No 5), between Arras and Amiens, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr J.W. and Mrs Mary Elizabeth Taylor, Matariki, Nelson
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 49, p. 14

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