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Geo Robert TAYLOR

Regimental number939
Place of birthMaryborough, Queensland
SchoolState School, Maryborough, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationEngine driver
AddressAyr, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinFather, Mr J M Taylor, Pialba, Maryborough, Queensland
Enlistment date20 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll27 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Battalion, H Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/26/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A5 Omrah on 24 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularKilled while going to the aid of a wounded comrade.
FateKilled in Action 11 August 1918
Place of death or woundingProyart, near Peronne, France
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot IV, Row I, Grave No. 18), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
57
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John M. and Zillah TAYLOR

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