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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Rupert Sydney Taucher |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Private |
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| Forename(s): |
Rupert Sydney |
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| Surname: |
Taucher |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
33476 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Private |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Labourer |
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| Next of Kin: |
Mrs Ellen Taucher (mother), Francis Line, Carterton, New Zealand |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
New Zealand Expeditionary Force |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
21st Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company |
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| Embarkation Date: |
19 January 1917 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
HMNZT 74 |
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| Vessel: |
Ulimaroa |
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| Destination: |
Plymouth, England |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
52 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
10 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion |
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| Place of Death: |
Ypres, Belgium |
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| Date of Death: |
24 November 1917 |
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| Age at Death: |
22 |
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| Year of Death: |
1917 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Rupert Taucher was the son of Robert and Helen Taucher, of Belvedere Rd., Carterton, New Zealand, and the brother of Archibald Taucher 27984 who also died in WW1. |
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Weekly News |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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