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Arthur TAYLOR

Regimental number3244
Place of birthNhill Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressNorth Brighton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Herbert Taylor, Wheatley Road, North Brighton, Victoria
Enlistment date2 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name57th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/74/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 25 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Belgium
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row H, Grave No. 7A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Herbert and Alice TAYLOR, S.S. Punt Road, South Yarra, Victoria. Native of Nhill, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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