Regimental number | 3193 |
Place of birth | Williamstown, Victoria |
School | Central State School, Williamstown, Victoria |
Other training | Working Men's College, Victoria |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Engineering draughtsman |
Address | 4 Ferguson Street, Williamstown, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Next of kin | Father, Charles Taylor, 4 Ferguson Street, Williamstown, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served as a Naval Cadet from 1906; called out under proclamation and served with the Navy until he enlisted in the AIF. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 7 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/14/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | Commissioned |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | Australian Flying Corps |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Great-grandson of Sergeant Major Frederick Ball, Grenadier Guards, British Army. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Amiens, France |
Age at death | 21 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Vignacourt 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 connections | Uncles: Alfred BALL; John BALL; Leslie BRADFORD, killed in action. |