TAYLOR, George
(Service number 74435)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Lance Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 13 November 1897 | Place of Birth | Napier |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 28 November 1917 | Age | 20 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | Nile Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Mechanic | ||
| Previous Military Experience | 2nd South Canterbury Regiment | ||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs T. TAYLOR (mother), Nile Street, 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 | 40th Reinforcements, Specialist Company | ||
| Date | 10 July 1918 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Regiment | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Death
| Date | 4 September 1973 | Age | 75 years |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
George Taylor was born on 13 November 1897 at Napier, the first-born of Thomas and Agnes (née Tankard) Taylor. The family moved from Napier to Timaru at the turn of the century. George was educated at Timaru South and Timaru Main schools, going out to work at the age of fourteen. When George enlisted on 28 November 1917 at Timaru, he was a mechanic living at home in Nile Street, Timaru. His next-of-kin was his mother – Mrs T. Taylor, Nile Street, Timaru. Private G. Taylor embarked with the Specialist Company of the 40th Reinforcements for Plymouth, England, on 10 July 1918 by the “Tahiti”.
G. Taylor, of Timaru, was one of more than 800 men who returned to New Zealand by the “Port Hacking” in August 1919. He married Marita Valentine Roberts in 1922. George Taylor died 4 September 1973 at Timaru and was interred in the local cemetery with Marita who had died in 1954.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 May 2021]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 May 2021]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG); 22 May 2021]. Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [22 May 2021]; Timaru Herald, 11 August 1919 (Papers Past) [06 September 2014]
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