Theodore Ross Kerr-Taylor

Bombardier

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

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

References:

CWGC

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:

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