James Taylor

1878-1917

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.1

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1637

About

Born in Australia

13 July 1878
Parent

Mother

Ellen Taylor
Residence

Hometown

Waihi
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Waihi Gold Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • 5th Bendigo Battalion

    Australia

  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 38

    29 March 1917

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5553 100/0112456, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 2.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “James Taylor (1878-1917)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/825