Regimental number | 992 |
Place of birth | Bungendore, New South Wales |
School | State School, Brisbane, Queensland |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Brisbane, Queensland |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 38 |
Height | 5' 4" |
Weight | 126 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Emma Jane Taylor, Willsoona, Indooroopilly, Brisbane, Queensland |
Previous military service | Served for 3 years in the South African War, first with Brabant's Horse and then with the Imperial Bushmen, New South Wales. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Sergeant |
Unit name | 41st Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/58/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 41st Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | Messines, Belgium |
Age at death | 43 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 43 |
Place of burial | Trois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row R, Grave No. 35), Steenwerck, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 134 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Anglican Cemetery, Bungendore, New South Wales. Parents: Owen and Harriett TAYLOR; husband E.J. TAYLOR, 'Weeroona', Daisy Street, Deewhy, New South Wales. Native of Bungendore, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 4 served in the war, returned to Australia;2746 Pte Victor Cecil TAYLOR, 55th Bn, returned to Australia, 8 January 1919; one brother, Lt Albert Owen TAYLOR, served in the South African War. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Embarked Sydney, 18 May 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England. 20 July 1916.Appointed 2nd Lieutenant, 6 September 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 24 november 1916. Marched out to Anzac School, in the field, 30 December 1916; rejoined 41st Bn, in the field, 14 January 1917. Promoted Lieutenant, 12 May 1917. Wounded in action, 2 July 1917 (gun shot wound, thigh), and admitted to 9th Australian Field Ambulance; transferred to 2nd Casualty Clearing Station, 3 July 1917. Died of wounds, 5 July 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, TAYLOR Thomas George |