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Joseph Gordon TAYLOR

Regimental number2231
Place of birthEnfield, New South Wales
SchoolBurwood Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMotor wagon builder
AddressCarlisle Street, Enfield, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Taylor, Carlisle Street, Enfield, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Militia.
Enlistment date4 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 30 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialDochy Farm British Cemetery (Plot III, Row D, Grave 3.), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
92
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in St Thomas Cemetery, Enfield, New South Wales. Parents: Joseph and Ada Jane TAYLOR. Native of Enfield, New South Wales. Photo: Robert and Sandra Crofts
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2461 Pte Robert Edward TAYLOR MM, 31st Bn, returned to Australia, 22 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

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