NZ WAR GRAVES
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I was living in Waiuku NZ 1996-2000 and heard from an acquaintance that they had some Aussie diggers staying with them, who had been at El Alamein and kept talking about a Jack Taplin, who they serve... Read More
Casualty
Service Number:
62256
Name:
John Frederick Crang Taplin Rank:
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address:
69 Galway Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand
Occupation on Enlistment:
Upholsterer Unit:
New Zealand Infantry, 24 Battalion
Casualty Details
Cause of Death:
Died of wounds
Date of Death:
22 July 1942
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death:
27
Conflict:
WW2
Cemetery
Cemetery:
Cemetery Reference:
XXVIII. E. 22.
Cemetery Location:
Egypt