Regimental number | 3056 |
Place of birth | Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia |
School | Le Fevre's Peninsula Public school, South Australia |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Bootmaker |
Address | Heath Street, Birkenhead, South Australia |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M A Taylor, Heath Street, Birkenhead, South Australia |
Previous military service | Served for c. 4 years in the Naval Cadets. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 16th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/33/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 16th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted in June 1915. Served on Gallipoli until the evacuation; then stationed in Egypt before moving to France in June 1916. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Hamel, France |
Age at death | 23.5 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 23 |
Place of burial | Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XII, Row F, Grave No. 3), Fouilloy, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 81 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Cheltenham Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia. |
Family/military connections | Cousin: 1333 Sergeant Frederick George TAYLOR, 16th Bn, killed in action, Gallipoli, 2 May 1915. |