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Ernest TAYLOR

Regimental number4919
Place of birthWandering, Western Australia
SchoolCorranning State School, Western Australia
ReligionChurch of Christ
OccupationMiner
Address175 Hopkins Street, Boulder, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, P Taylor, North Wandering Road, Pingelly, Western Australia
Enlistment date6 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateDied of disease 19 February 1917
Age at death19.8
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialSt. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block O, Plot VI, Row F, Grave No. 3), Rouen, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
81
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Percival and Janey TAYLOR
Family/military connectionsUncle: 10223 Gunner David TAYLOR, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, died of illness, France, 25 November 1918.

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