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George Geoffrey TAYLOR

Regimental number7447
Place of birthElmore, Victoria
SchoolHigh School, Ballarat, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank clerk
AddressMalakoff Street, Malvern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, G H Taylor, Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military service44th Infantry; Served in the Senior Cadets, Goulburn, and in the Field Artillery, Citizen Military Forces, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales.
Enlistment date10 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 5, Battery 14
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollGunner
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 26 August 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialSactuary Wood Cemetery (Pldot V, Row S, Grave No. 1/5), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
14
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Henry and Adeline TAYLOR, Crotonhurst Avenue, Caulfield, Victoria

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