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Alan Gordon Grant Taylor

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Alan Gordon Grant AWMM
  • Surname
    Taylor AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/3404 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    8 April 1898 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Waimate, Bay of Islands Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 22 Kenwyn Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    David A. Taylor (father), 22 Kenwyn Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 November 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/3404 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM 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
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 10.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      140 lb AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Alan Taylor was the son of Mr. and Mrs. David A. Taylor, of Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand.

    Rank last held was listed as Temporary Corporal

    Embarked Wellington, 13 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 20 December 1915.
    Embarked Port Said for France, 13 April 1916; joined 2nd Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, in the field, 17 May 1916.
    Appointed Temporary Corporal, 16 July 1916.
    Killed in action, 3 October 1916.

    Parents: Mr & Mrs David A. Taylor, Te Aro, Wellington AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 3 October 1916 AWMM
      Somme AWMM
    • 8 April 1893 Military Personnel File
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM

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  • In deepest respect for my Great Uncle. Loved brother of Errol and Dallas Grant-Taylor
    Public - Penelope Mary - Other relative - 1 September 2016
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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
26 October 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
24 June 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
01 September 2016Penelope MaryBrisbane, AustraliaOther relative

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