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Horace TAYLOR

Regimental number2742
Place of birthBrisbane, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressToogoolaway, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Next of kinMother, Mrs Edith Taylor, Toogoolawah PO, Toogoolawah, Queensland
Enlistment date17 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name49th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/66/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 7 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 17 June 1916 - 49th Bn, 6th Reinforcements. Taken on strength, 49th Bn, 13 February 1917.
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death34
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row H, Grave No. 2), Villers-Bretonneux, FRance
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
149
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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