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Kenneth
James Tait |
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SERVICE
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RANK |
Captain |
SURNAME |
Tait |
FIRST
NAMES/INITIALS |
Kenneth
James |
BODY
OR DRAFT |
Samoan
Advance Force & 14th Mounted Rifles Reinforcements |
UNIT
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Auckland
Mounted Rifles |
EMBARKED |
Left New Zealand for Samoa 15th August 1914 then for Egypt 10th July 1916 aboard the S.S. "Waihora |
OCCUPATION |
Civil Servant |
ADDRESS |
Taitville,
Wellington, New Zealand |
NEXT
OF KIN |
Mr
James Tait, Waipukurau, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand also Mrs A. F. Tait (mother),
Stirling Terrace, Karori, Wellington, New Zealand |
BORN |
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DIED |
23rd
March 1918 Palestine |
GRAVE/MEMORIAL
REFERENCE |
Jerusalem
Memorial Panel 1 |
SERVICE
MEDALS & CLASPS |
British
War Medal: Victory Medal: Miltary Cross |
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION |
Killed
in action at Amman. M.C. London Gazette 18th January 1918, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During an attack he led his troop with great gallantry and skill over ground exposed to heavy machine gun fire. He showed magnificent leadership and skill. |
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