Name only from Muriel Leo’s (nee Oliver, 1917-1998) Family Tree.
Place of death and burial from Rachel Oliver b. 1940.

Dax Eric Clayton Lloyd, (great-grandson of Jessie Bertha Oliver b.1876) writes that Jack Dudley Taylor has an excellent write up in the Auckland Cenotaph:

http://muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/18860
Full Name: Jack Dudley Taylor
Rank Last Held: Private
Forename(s): Jack Dudley
Surname: Taylor
War: World War II, 1939-1945
Serial No.: 46110
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: 1918
Place of Birth: Auckland, New Zealand
Religion: Church of England
First Known Rank: Private
Occupation before Enlistment: Shop assistant
Next of Kin: Mrs Jess Kiri Taylor (wife), C/o Nursing Staff, Public Hospital, Napier, New Zealand
Marital Status: Married
Enlistment Address: Ellison Road, Havelock North, New Zealand
Enlistment Date: July 1941
Age on Enlistment: 22
Military District: Hastings
Body on Embarkation: Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)
Embarkation Unit: New Zealand Infantry
Embarkation Date: 10 January 1942
Place of Embarkation: Auckland, New Zealand
Vessel: Wahine
Destination: Fiji
Nominal Roll Number: WW2 7
Page on Nominal Roll: WW2 138
Campaigns:
Fiji
Norfolk Island
New Caledonia
Solomon Islands
Pacific
Wounds and Diseases: Suffered burns on the return trip to New Zealand. He was treated at 4th General Hospital, New Caledonia but died as a result of his injuries.
Last Unit Served: 36 Infantry Battalion
Place of Death: 4th General Hospital, New Caledonia
Date of Death: 20 June 1944
Age at Death: 26
Year of Death: 1944
Cause of Death: Died of burns
Cemetery Name: Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia
Grave Reference: 2. 9.
Obituary: Casualty list: New Zealand Herald dated 23 June 1944 reported that Jack Taylor had died on active service.
Biographical Notes:
Jack Taylor was the son of Reginald Henry Taylor and of Gladys Taylor (nee Snow); husband of Jess Kiri Taylor, of Haumoana, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.
Two sons, brothers served in WW2 with 36 Battalion: Leslie Noel Taylor (46117) and Jack Dudley Taylor (46110), died while returning wounded to New Zealand from New Caledonia.
Additional Information:
The battles for Guadalcanal in 1942 between the American and Japanese navies was the start of the most ferocious campaign in history. The Americans entered this campaign with inaccurate maps and some, including Major-General Alexander Vanegrift who was in command, not knowing where the Solomon Islands were. However they acquired skills which were to prove essential to later victories in the Pacific.
It was a difficult campaign due to multiple factors such as the isolation, heat, dense jungle, lack of basic infra-structure and the great distances between base and supplies, and the front line.
Though largely a US naval and military struggle, New Zealand's contribution was important. New Zealand was involved in the battle as it was imperative that the Japanese advance on the Pacific be stopped or they would have reached New Zealand. New Zealand's main contribution was in the form of the 3 NZ Division. The Forward Maintenance Centre (advanced base) was joined by the 14 Brigade on 27 August 1943, Divisional troops and units on 2 September and the 8 Brigade on 14 September 1943. New Zealand troops were involved in a number of battles was they moved up the Solomon's gaining control of islands as they went. The 14 Brigade and HQ 3 Division landed on Vella Lavella on 18 September 1943, and on Green (Nissan) Island on 15 February 1944, and the 8 Brigade landed on Mono Island on 27 October 1943. The capture of Mono Island would provide a radar site to cover the Bougainville landings and its harbour was ideal as a staging area for ships during the invasion.
At no time did all of New Zealand 3 Division fight together due to the cross over of the battles. Other New Zealand troops were also involved, such as the NZ Engineers in road and airstrip construction (on the very under developed islands, especially Guadalcanal), as well as support from the signals and medical corps and transport and air support.
Further References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
A 37mm Japanese Mountain Gun (W1031.4). Captured on the day of the landing by members of the 36th Battalion under the command of Lieutenant. Les Booth, 29.10.1943 is on display in Scars on the Heart gallery, Auckland War Memorial Museum.
Sources Used:
Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Nominal Roll No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942)
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org

Result from birth search on New Zealand BDM website in July 2020:
1918/6713. Taylor, Jack Dudley. Mother: Gladys Mildred. Father: Reginald Henry

Full date of birth of 15 March 1918 from further searching in July 2020 on BDM Search by incrementally changing the date range for the birth.

Place of marriage, from images of notes written by Ivor James Clark Oliver and emailed by Katia, wife of Tim Grant Oliver, on 1 February 2021. Tim is the grandson of Ivor James Clark Oliver 1907-1989.