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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Archibald Jameson Taucher |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Archibald Jameson |
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| Surname: |
Taucher |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
27984 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| First Known Rank: |
Rifleman |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Farm hand |
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| Next of Kin: |
R. Taucher (father), Francis Line, Carterton, New Zealand |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
12th Reinforcements 2nd Battalion, F Company |
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| Embarkation Date: |
16 October 1916 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
HMNZT 66 |
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| Vessel: |
Willochra |
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| Destination: |
Devonport, England |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
43 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
29 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Otago Infantry Regiment, 2 Battalion, F Company |
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| Place of Death: |
France |
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| Date of Death: |
24 March 1917 |
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| Age at Death: |
26 |
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| Year of Death: |
1917 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Died of wounds |
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| Cemetery Name: |
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France |
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| Grave Reference: |
III. B. 27. |
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| Memorial Name: |
Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Archibald Taucher was the son of Robert and Helen Taucher, of Carterton, New Zealand, and the brother of Rupert.S. Taucher (33476) who also died in WW1. |
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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