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Frank William * TAYLOR

Place of birthNorth Sydney, New South Wales
Other NamesTAYLOR, Frank William~
SchoolFort St School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank accountant
AddressAraluen, Bobbin Head Road, Turramurra, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinWife, Mrs C Taylor, Araluen, Bobbin Head Road, Turramurra, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets from age 14; then as a Lieutenant in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date15 November 1915
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name3rd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Osterley on 15 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 22 June 1918
Place of death or woundingStrazeele-Merris, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialLonguenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery (Plot V, Row B, Grave No. 78), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
38
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James William and Olinda Lucy Ann TAYLOR; husband of Constance TAYLOR, Bank of New South Wales, Murrumburrah, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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