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Albert Lawrence Dean TAYLOR

Regimental number3193
Place of birthWilliamstown, Victoria
SchoolCentral State School, Williamstown, Victoria
Other trainingWorking Men's College, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationEngineering draughtsman
Address4 Ferguson Street, Williamstown, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Charles Taylor, 4 Ferguson Street, Williamstown, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed as a Naval Cadet from 1906; called out under proclamation and served with the Navy until he enlisted in the AIF.
Enlistment date7 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 7
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/14/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 23 November 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Flying Corps
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularGreat-grandson of Sergeant Major Frederick Ball, Grenadier Guards, British Army.
FateKilled in Action 20 May 1918
Place of death or woundingAmiens, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialVignacourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 16), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
188
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Elizabeth TAYLOR, 4 Ferguson Street, Williamstown, Victoria. Native of Williamstown, Victoria
Family/military connectionsUncles: Alfred BALL; John BALL; Leslie BRADFORD, killed in action.

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