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Theodore Ross Kerr-Taylor

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Theodore A and Clare Edna Kerr-Taylor (nee Ross), of Waimauku, North Auckland.

References:
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NZ WAR GRAVES
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Biographical Notes:

"Bombardier Kerr-Taylor, who died from acute heart failure following septic tonsilitis, was buried at sea with full military honours  It is to be recorded that everything medical skill could do was done"

[Sir Bernard Freyberg, NZ Herald, 15th Feb 1940.  (Convoy's Trip, General's Account)]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
1458
Name:
Theodore Ross Kerr-Taylor
Rank: 
Bombardier 
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mr T A Kerr-Taylor (father), Waimauku, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
100 Mount Albert Road, Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Motor salesman
Unit:
New Zealand Artillery

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died from sickness
Date of Death:
29 January 1940
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
22
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
05 January 1940
Vessel:
Empress of Canada
Destination:
Middle East

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Auckland Provincial Memorial
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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