Joseph Collingwood TAYLOR

Regimental number10076
OccupationClerk
Next of kinMother, Mrs C A Taylor, Karangahape Road, Auckland
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements (including Details to make up shortages in 10th Reinforcements), J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateAccidentally killed 13 December 1916
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialRue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No 3), Fleurbaix, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and C.A. Taylor, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 16

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