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TAYLOR, Frank Peter
(Service number 24937)

Aliases
First Rank Trooper Last Rank Trooper

Birth

Date 28 September 1894 Place of Birth Enfield

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Hakataramea, Canterbury
Occupation Contractor
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs L. TAYLOR (mother), Ardgowan, Oamaru; later C/o Mrs J. W. TURNBULL, Hobbs Street, Waimataitai, Timaru
Religion Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 14th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles
Date 10 July 1916
Transport Waihora
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With Camel Corps
Last Unit Served With NZ M G Sig

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 1 May 1963 Age 68 years
Place of Death Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference General Section, Row 96, Plot 461
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Frank Peter Taylor was born on 28 September 1894 at Enfield, North Otago, the middle of the three sons of Peter and Elizabeth (née Wylie) Taylor. Peter and Elizabeth were both from Orkney, Scotland, and married in 1885 in New Zealand. He and his siblings were educated at Teaneraki School near Oamaru. His father died in 1914 at Oamaru, his mother living for 35 more years.

F. P. Taylor, 24937, of Waimataitai, returned to New Zealand from Egypt, in a draft of 1095, per the “Ulimaroa”, which was due at Auckland on 6 August 1919. He married Anne Prendergast in 1921. Both his brothers – Neil Taylor and George Maxwell Taylor, were called up, Neil enlisting for service.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [29 October 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [31 October 2020]; School Admission record (Oamaru Branch NZSG) [31 October 2020]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [31 October 2020]; NZ Times, 31 July 1919 (Papers Past) [29 October 2020]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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