James Albert Taylor

Forenames

James Albert AWMM

Surname

Taylor AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/1213 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

6 Jun 1895 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Care of W. J. Marx, Te Rore, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• WW1 Mrs E. Flay (mother), Egmont Village, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
• WW1 Mrs E. Flay, Egmont Village, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/1213 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) AWMM
  London Gazette, 9 July 1917, p6824: AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1
• WW1 Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 30 or HMNZT 31 or HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo AWMM Rifleman AWMM D Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM
• WW1 02 Mar 1918-08 Apr 1918 AWMM
  HMNZT 101 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM 35th Reinforcements, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Son of Mrs E Flay

SuppNom: Ex 1st Battalion N.Z.R.B.

Next of Kin: Mrs E. Flay, Egmont Village, Taranaki (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

31 Aug 1918 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Bancourt British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM I B 4 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7824341
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/206393/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/206393
  Further Reference

References

• 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: 714
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  80: 9
• 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. 3: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.