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Charles Gordon TAYLOR

Regimental number697
Place of birthMurtoa, Victoria
SchoolSurrey College, Nunawading, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCommercial traveller
AddressSurrey Hills, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinSister, Mary Taylor, Broughton Road, Surrey Hills, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date26 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name37th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/54/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll37th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 28 March 1918
Place of death or woundingNeilly, France
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1 (Plot V, Row C, Grave No. 34), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
129
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrew and Mary TAYLOR. Native of Murtoa, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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