Orton Cecil TAYLOR

Regimental number34172
OccupationSheep farmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs M E Taylor, Burnside, Frasertown
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 75 Waitemata on 19 January 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 6), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Isaac Edward and Mary Elizabeth Taylor, 'Burnside', Frasertown, Hawke's Bay, Napier
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 30