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Richard Watt TAYLOR

Regimental number790
Place of birthBury, Lancashire, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWarehouseman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Taylor, Warren House, Yardley Wood Birmingham, England
Enlistment date8 September 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name13th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/30/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board TRANSPORT A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 8 September 1914. Taken on strength, 13th Bn, 22 December 1914. Mortally wounded, 3 May 1915.
FateDied of wounds 20 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialChatby War Memorial Cemetery (Row M, Grave O. 150), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
71
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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