Brian Alfred Taylor

Pilot Officer

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Alfred Edward and Gladys Dagma Iva Taylor; husband of Muriel Isobel Taylor, of Napier, Hawke's Bay.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

" Pilot Officer Brian Taylor, of Huiroa, lost his life by drowning at Oakura Beach, Taranaki, this afternoon. He was swimming with his wife when both were caught in a rip and swept out to sea. Mrs. Taylor held her husband, up, but he became exhausted and disappeared. Mrs. Taylor was rescued with the aid of a surf reel by A. E. Flynn, Public Works engineer, Stratford." [Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 51, 2 March 1943, Page 3]

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Casualty

Service Number:

425752

Name:

Brian Alfred Taylor

Rank:

Pilot Officer

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Muriel Isobel Taylor (wife), Napier, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Accidental drowning

Date of Death:

01 March 1943

Day of Death:

Monday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Stratford (Kopuatama) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Soldiers Old Plot, Grave 21.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand