A voice from the past

Blue Neal looks for some light on his grandfather's service:

I am conducting some family history research and ask if your Association could throw some light on the Service background of my late Grandfather TALBOT NEAL.

-----From his funeral report, he was a SGT MAJ in “J” Battery at Palmerston North in 1913. (He is crouched down behind the gun with his hand in the air). How long and where he served I have no record.

-----He died at an early age from what I understand was Typhoid, in 1918.

I have pointed Blue to Archives NZ. Does anyone have another idea for enquiry? If so, you can contact Blue at blewn@bigpond.com