Norton Onslow TAYLOR

Regimental number14542
Place of birthInvercargill
OccupationClerk
Next of kinWife, Mrs J A Taylor, Shorthand School, Bank of New South Wales Chambers, Invercargill
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
The Infantry component of the 14th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Jamieson and Jean Taylor; Wife: Janet A. Taylor, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 6

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