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Donald Gordon Taylor

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Donald Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Taylor AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Don AWMM
  • Service number
    802229 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
    Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Date of birth
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  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Manutuke, New Zealand AWMM
    • Jayforce Unknown AWMM Manutuke, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mr W. Taylor (father), Manutuke, New Zealand AWMM
    • Jayforce Mr W. Taylor (father), Manutuke, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Branch Trade Proficiency
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    Jayforce Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history

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Death

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  • Temp L/Cpl # 802229 Donald Gordon TAYLOR died 14 December 2012 aged 92 years. He is buried in the Taruheru Cemetery, Gisborne - Block RSA 32 Plot 108
    REF: Gisborne Cemetery Records
    Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 15 January 2023
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Sources

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  • External links
    Paterson, Lachy. (24 October 2020). The forgotten Maori Battalion. maorihomefront.nz
    https://www.maorihomefront.nz/en/whanau-stories/the-forgotten-maori-battalion/
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 190 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 16: WW2 129 AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Ko te Reo Huringa Tau o te Ope Maori Tuarua, i noho ki Remuera, Ohaeawai, 1942-43: The Anniversary Magazine of the Second Maori Battalion, Remuera, Ohaeawai 1942-1943. Patrick Smyth Papers, MS-2002-147, Auckland War Memorial Museum. AWMM
    • Nominal Roll of Members of the 2nd Maori Battalion, 26th January 1943. Part of the 2nd Maori Battalion Anniversary Magazine. (MS-2002-147). Auckland War Memorial Museum. AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM

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15 January 2023Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
27 April 2022IannaAucklandDirect descendant

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