Kenneth James Tait

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Kenneth James AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Tait AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 1/185 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

• Unknown AWMM Taitville, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
• Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM

Uri kiritahi

• James Tait, Waipukurau, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs A.F. Tait (mother), Stirling Terrace, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

• Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 10 Jul 1916 AWMM Unknown Marital Status AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 1/185 AWMM

Mētara me ngā Tohu

• Military Cross (MC) AWMM
  Citation for Military Cross (MC): "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During an attack he led his troop with great gallantry and skill over ground exposed to heavy machine-gun fire. He showed magnificent leadership and skill." (London Gazette, issue 30651, pub. on 23 April 1918, p. 45) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Te urunga

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Unknown/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Civil servant/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

• WW1 HMNZT 1 or HMNZT 2 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki or Monowai AWMM Sergeant AWMM 5th (Wellington) Regiment AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM
• WW1 10 Jul 1916-20 Aug 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 58 AWMM Vessel was Waihora AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 14th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Captain/Military AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Son of Mrs. A. F. Tait, of Wellington

SuppNom: Ex. Samoan Advance.

Next of Kin: Mr E. Tait, c/o Levin & Co., Masterton (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Matenga

23 Mar 1918 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Action AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

• Jerusalem Memorial, Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7823587
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7880975
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1647238/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1647238
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 709
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  35: 1
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.
• HMNZT 1. Pull-thro' : with which is incorporated The Noumea nightmare, the Suva sendoff, and Samoa sun : the unofficial organ of the Advance Party of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, Apia, Samoa. [Apia, Samoa] : Literary Committee of the Advance Party of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1914-