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John TAYLOR

Regimental number2233
Place of birthSummer Hill, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolCatholic School (Summer Hill, New South Wales? Kerang, Victoria?)
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationWheelwright
AddressKerang, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinStep-Father, William Boyd, Napier Hotel, Williamstown, Victoria
Enlistment date6 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 27 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularName given on RoH circular as John Eugene TAYLOR.
FateKilled in Action 5 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialCourcelette British Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 21), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
97
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Teresa Ann TAYLOR; husband of Agnes Ann TAYLOR, Wellington Street, Kerang, Victoria

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