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Isaac Chadwick Taylor

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Portrait, Private I.C.Taylor 10/2332 portrait without its original mounting. Photography studio EA Millard Gisborne - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Private I.C.Taylor 10/2332 portrait without its original mounting. Photography studio EA M …

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Isaac Chadwick AWMM
  • Surname
    Taylor AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2332 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    19th March 1882 Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 June 2023 - Military Record
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 June 2023 - Military Record
  • Birth notes
    Isaac & Ellen TAYLOR of Gisborne Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 27 June 2023 - Military Record
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Hawera, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Ellen Taylor (mother), Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 June 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 10/2332 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 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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Severe shell shock AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Neurosthenia AWMM
    • Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
      Drowning or shock from falling into the river AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Isaac Taylor was the son of Isaac Chadwick Taylor and Ellen Taylor (nee Ball), of 269A Ormond Rd., Whataupoko, Gisborne.

    He suffered from severe shell shock and on return home to live with his family he endured marked depression.

    Four brothers and a brother in law served in 2 Wars. During the Anglo-Boer War: the elder George Frederick William Taylor (2709, 5434) embarked twice; his brother Sadler W. Percy Taylor (5179) and their brother in law F. Parker (2508) also served in South Africa. The younger brothers Isaac Chadwick Taylor (10/2332) and Charles Taylor (25/145) joined up for WW1 and they both died. AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    4 July 1918 AWMM
    Age 36 AWMM
    Gisborne, Gisborne AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Makaraka Cemetery (Houhoupiko cemetery), Makaraka Road, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM Plot 192. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    A military- funeral was accorded this afternoon to the returned soldier Isaac Chadwick Taylor, who was drowned in the Taruheru river, on Thursday night last. A good number of returned soldiers assembled at the drill hall and followed the remains to their last resting place. A firing party, comprising twelve, of the leading members of the Association in Gisborne, lined up at the grave side and fired a volley Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 June 2023 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLV, ISSUE 14650, 6 JULY 1918, PAGE 2
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27 June 2023Lorraine Mona Gisborne Researcher

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