Josiah Bettsworth TAYLOR

Regimental number32598
OccupationTelegraph cadet
Next of kinMother, Mrs Rose Doughty, Springhill, Bulls
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcements, Specialists, Signal Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Port Lyttelton on 7 December 1916
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 8 December 1916.
Final rankSapper
Final unitDivisional Signal Company, 3rd Brigade, New Zealand Engineers
FateKilled in Action 18 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialLebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row B, Grave No 17), nr Bapaume, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Josiah and Jessie Rosa Taylor, Bulls
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 13