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Ernest Albert TAYLOR

Regimental number4888
Place of birthGeorgetown, Tasmania
SchoolPublic School (Georgetown?), Tasmania
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMiner
AddressScottsdale, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs A G Taylor, Scottsdale, Tasmania
Previous military serviceServed in the Citizen Military Forces, Tasmania, for several years.
Enlistment date9 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 18 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of wounds 15 March 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialKemmal Chateau Military Cemetery (Row O, Grave No. 29), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
67
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Annie TAYLOR; husband of Alma G. TAYLOR, Scottsdale, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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