Herbert Harold TAYLOR

Regimental number6627
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolWest End State School
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
AddressMorningside, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinWife, Mrs N Taylor, Lutwyche Street, Wooloowin, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name26th Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/43/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 7 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll26th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 22 December 1917
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialBethlehem Farm West Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 34), Messines, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
109
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Mary TAYLOR; husband of Nellie TAYLOR, Lota Road, Manly, Brisbane, Queensland. Native of Sydney, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2006 Robert Stanley TAYLOR, 15th Bn, killed in action, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal