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Eric James TAYLOR

Regimental number2162
Place of birthHobart, Tasmania
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationJeweller
AddressPark Road, Mount Lawley, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinJ C Taylor, 545 Hay Street, Perth, Western Australia
Enlistment date5 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 3, Military District 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/31/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board TRANSPORT A7 Medic on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 5 September 1914. Taken on strength, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, 10 September 1914.
FateKilled in Action 5 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialShell Green Cemetery (Plot I, Row I, Grave No. 16), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
13
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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