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George Frederick TAYLOR

Regimental number3317
Place of birthDerby, England
SchoolSt James' Road Council School, Derby, England
Age on arrival in Australia30
ReligionMethodist
OccupationPainter
AddressDimboola Street, Kensington, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinWife, Mrs S J E Taylor, Dimboola Street, Kensington, South Australia
Enlistment date29 July 1915
Place of enlistmentKeswick, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 27 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 24 June 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot VII, Row C, Grave No. 3), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
147
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Elie and Mary TAYLOR; husband of Sarah J.E. TAYLOR, 33 Princes Street, Peartree, Derby, England
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 3 served in the British Army.

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