Forenames

Edward James AWMM

Surname

Taylor AWMM

Service number

WWI 30991 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

30 Jun 1887 AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M.E. Taylor (mother), Brightwater, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 30991 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 30 Dec 1916-03 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 72 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements, G Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM

Edward Taylor was the son of Mr. J. W. and Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Taylor, of Matariki, Nelson, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

15 May 1918 AWMM
Age  31 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Sailly-au-Bois Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM I. H. 5. AWMM

Memorial name

• Marlborough War Memorial, 20 Seymour Street, Blenheim, 7201 AWMM
• Marlborough Great War Memorial, WW1 AWMM

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7824186
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/282503/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/282503
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  49: 14
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.