Lieutenant

John Lewis Richard Jessop Tait

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of John Tait and of Elsie May Tait (nee Jessop), of Wellington City, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • WW2 RoH
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
1565
Name:
John Lewis Richard Jessop Tait
Rank: 
Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs E.M. Tait (mother), Monaghan Avenue, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Monaghan Avenue, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Civil Servant
Unit:
New Zealand Artillery, 4 Field Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of sickness
Date of Death:
10 May 1941
Day of Death:
Saturday
Age at Death: 
36
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF), 1st Echelon
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
05 January 1940
Destination:
Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
K. 20.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
John Lewis Richard Jessop Tait
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