Taylor Walker

Forenames

Taylor AWMM

Surname

Walker AWMM

Also known as

Taylor Walker AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1525 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Anglican

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Date of birth

1st January 1982

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Birth notes

Son of Waaka Te Koni & Marara Maheno

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Address before enlistment

Pre 29 Mar 1916 AWMM Tairua, Thames, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Marela Walker (mother), Pamapuria, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 26 Jul 1916 AWMM Single AWMM
• Husband of Sarah T. Walker of Pamapuria.
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War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• NZ Maori Pioneer Btn 5th Reinforcements
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Service number

WWI 16/1525 AWMM

Military service

1916-1918

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Enlistment

WW1 29 Mar 1916 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 29 Jul 1916-28 Sep 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 60 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa AWMM Private AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

• Height, Unknown Period AWMM
  5 foot 8 inches AWMM
• Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
  168 pounds AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Admitted to Field Ambulance and hospital 12 January 1917. Admitted to CCS 16 January 1917, Admitted No. 2 Australian General Hosptial, 20 January 1917; Admitted Convalescence Depot 29 January 1917. AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Admitted CCS & Field Ambulance 10 March 1917; hospitalised 15 March 1917 - 32 Stationary Hospital; embarked HS Princess Elizabeth for England 17 March 1917; Admitted 2NZ Convalescence Hospital, Walton 17 March 1917. Classified unfit and embarked NZ HS Maheno 5 August 1917 AWMM

Last rank

WW1 15 Jan 1918 AWMM
Discharged no longer physically fit on account of illness contracted on active service AWMM
Private AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Taylor Walker was the son of Waaka Te Koni and Marara Maheno; husband of Sarah T. Walker, of Pamapuria, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs T. Walker, Kaitaia, Mangonui (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

4 Dec 1920 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cemetery

urupa, St Stephen's Church, Pamapuria, Northland 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/R22015114
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643200/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643200
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  37: 38
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• The ulima-roarer : a collection of wails & fishy stories, etc., from the Indian Ocean. (1916). [Indian Ocean]: [15th Reinforcements].
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.