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Eva Taylor

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Portrait, Eva Taylor in nurses' uniform - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Eva Taylor in nurses' uniform - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Eva AWMM
  • Surname
    Taylor AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Eva Muntz AWMM
    • Eva Blyth AWMM
    • Eva Muntz AWMM
  • Service number
    19314 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Baptist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    12 February 1912 AWMM Lochgelly, Fife AWMM
    Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 27 June 1941 AWMM 16 Toi Toi Street, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Registered Nurse/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Taylor (mother) AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 September 1941 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Sinai & Palestine AWMM
    • North Africa AWMM
    • Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    19314 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    1940 WWII NZANS Roll
    Place of Nursing training and date of qualification / registration AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 27 June 1941 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    Trained Nurse/Civilian AWMM
    Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • The Nominal Roll lists Eva Tayor's Next of Kin as her Mother Mrs W Taylor of 139 St. Vincents Street, Nelson. The family however have corrected this to Mrs J Taylor (mother) of 16 Toi Toi Street, Nelson.

    Married Gunner F.P.H. Muntz 22 September 1955 (180077) died 10 December 1961

    Married Huia Blyth (31991) on 9 May 1987 who also served in WW2 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 December 1962 WWII NZANS Roll
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett. AWMM
    • McNabb, S. (2015). 100 years New Zealand military nursing : New Zealand Army nursing service : Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, 1915-2015. Hawke's Bay, N.Z.: Sherayl McNabb. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.206 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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