Regimental number | 30182 |
Place of birth | Morpeth, New South Wales |
School | St Mark's Crescent Grammar School, Bondi, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Public accountant |
Address | 'Olivetto', Stafford Street, Pddington, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Father, A H Taylor, Stafford Street, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served as a 2nd Lieutenant, Senior Cadets, Citizen Military Forces. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Gunner |
Unit name | Field Artillery Brigade 1, Reinforcement 22 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 13/29/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 10th Field Artillery Brigade |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Grandson of Canon Robert Taylor, St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney; and of Captain H.B. Briston RNR, of Sydney, New South Wales. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of death or wounding | France |
Age at death | 20.11 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Vignacourt British Cemetery (Plot V, Row E, Grave No. 2), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 16 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Arthur Henry and Isabel Edith Rosa TAYLOR, "Carlyle", Gladsdtone Parade, Lindfield, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Cousins: 5132 Bombardier Kenneth Robert TAYLOR, 11th Field Artillery Brigade, killed in action, Flers, France, 30 December 1916; 1287 Leonard Stevenson TAYLOR, 18th Bn, died of wounds received at Gallipoli, 22 October 1915; Harold GOERTZ, killed in action, France. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |