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Ernest John TAYLOR

Regimental number126
Place of birthRyde, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBrickmaker
AddressBadajoz Road, Ryde, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, John Thomas Taylor, Badajoz Road, Ryde, New South Wales
Enlistment date20 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll31 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 9
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/14/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 1 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 February 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row F, Grave No. 44), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
179
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Thomas and Mary A. TAYLOR
Family/military connectionsBrother: 125 Pte Charles Samuel TAYLOR, 19th Infantry.

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