TAIT, Gilbert Innes
(Service number 10062)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Lance Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 29/09/1888 | Place of Birth | Greymouth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Maima, Tokomaru Bay | ||
| Occupation | Clerk | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Captain J. TAIT (father), Harbourmaster, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 11th Reinforcements, K Company | ||
| Date | 1 April 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Otago Regiment | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 9 November 1957 | Age | 69 years |
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| Place of Death | Auckland | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waikumete Crematorium, Auckland | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Gilbert Innes Tait, known as Bert, was the third son of Captain James Tait, harbourmaster at Timaru, and his wife Harriet née Irvine. His oldest brother died in 1911 at Timaru; his second brother, Allan George Tait, served with the Territorial Force and twice endeavoured to enlist but was appealed for by the Timaru Boys' High School Board of Govenors, where he was a master and later headmaster. And his two younger brothers, William Irvine Tait and Ivan Howard Tait, also served in World War One, Ivan to die a civilian in World War Two. Bert was on active service and had been reported wounded just the week before his father died quite suddenly on 4 November 1917. His brother A. G. Tait was the father of the distinguished Admiral Sir Allan Gordon Tait. Gilbert married Ruth Constance Humphries in 1930.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [26 February 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [26 February 2017]; Timaru Herald, 1 November 1917, Press, 6 November 1917 (Papers Past) [26 & 27 February 2017]
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