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Royston Charles Clifford Taylor

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Royston Charles Clifford AWMM
  • Surname
    Taylor AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • NZ404426 AWMM
    • WWII 404426 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 June 1915 RNZAF Biographies (R17845616) Wandsworth, England RNZAF Biographies (R17845616)
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW2 Mother: Mrs I. F. Taylor, 67 Victoria Road, Devonport, Auckland AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Single/WWII AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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
    Killed on air operations AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Royston Taylor was the son of Arthur George Taylor, and of Ida Florence Taylor, of Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand.

    Remembered on the Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna.

    Attended Hastings High School (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845616)) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 August 1943 AWMM
    Age 28 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Sassenay Churchyard, Saone-et-Loire, France AWMM Collective grave AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    AIRMAN MISSING THE PATHFINDER FORCE Reported missing on air operations, Flight-Lieutenant Royston C. C. Taylor is the son of Mrs. 1. F. Taylor, of Victoria Road, Devonport. He was serving with the Bomber Command, having left New Zealand in 19-11, and was awarded the Pathfinder Force Badge hv the officer commanding the Pathfinder Force.
    Flight-Lieutenant Taylor was navigator of an aircraft detailed in August to attack a target at Milan. He was educated at Hastings and the Napier High School. Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 September 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR
    NEW ZEALAND HERALD, VOLUME 80, ISSUE 24740, 13 NOVEMBER 1943, PAGE 9
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Takapuna War Memorial, The Strand, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

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Sources

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  • References
    • Air Force news. Wellington, N.Z.: Air Staff, New Zealand Defence Force. AWMM
      Air Force News Issue 131, November 2011, p. 27-29 AWMM
    • Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press. AWMM
    • This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission. AWMM
    • RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Sm- Ty. Archives New Zealand (R17845616) - Former archives reference: AIR118 AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743) AWMM
    • Please note that the 12 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions. AWMM
    • List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762). AWMM

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06 September 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher
22 April 2020CharissaWaimateDirect descendant

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