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Allen Archibald TAYLOR

Regimental number2275
Place of birthLaunceston, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBaker
AddressLaunceston, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinWife, Mrs Elsie May Taylor, Evandale, Tasmania
Enlistment date27 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name40th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/57/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 21 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll40th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 13 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXII, Row G, Grave No. 22), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
133
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Allen and Sarah TAYLOR; husband of Mrs. E.M. ADLINGTON (formerly TAYLOR), Centre, Dandenong, Victoria. Native of Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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