TAIT, Joseph
(Service number 29315)
| First Rank | Bombardier | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 7 July 1887 | Place of Birth | Ashburton |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Oxford | ||
| Occupation | Farrier | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mr Geo TAIT (father), Peel Forest, Canterbury | ||
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 | 20th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery | ||
| Date | 2 January 1917 | ||
| Transport | Opawa | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 15 April 1963 | Age | 75 years |
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Biographical Notes
Joseph Tait was born on 7 July 1887 at Ashburton, the youngest son of George and Ann (Annie, née Comrie) Tait. Bombardier Tait embarked with the 20th Reinforcements on 2 January 1917. Farrier Tait returned to New Zealand in March 1918 by Draft 147.
Joseph married Grace Lena Jones in 1919. He died on 15 April 1963, aged 75 years. His brother James died of disease on 15 September 1917, and his mother died about ten days later. Another brother, Henry, also served in World War One.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [10 January 2021]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [19 January 2021]; Eastern Suburbs Crematorium, NSW, record (ancestry.com.au) [19 January 2021]; Sun, 13 March 1918 (Papers Past) [16 January 2021]
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