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Joseph Henry TAYLOR

Regimental number30219
Place of birthOberon, New South Wales
SchoolSydney Grammar School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationChemist
Address10 Bent Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs A E Taylor, 10 Bent Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date3 July 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll24 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentGunner
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 7, Reinforcement 6
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular"He was a member of a fighting family, six members of which fought in succession in many of England's great battles from Corunna to our day. One of them, Arthur Henry Taylor, fought in the Crimean War and won a distinction and was made a Knight of the Legion of Honour."
FateKilled in Action 15 September 1918
Place of death or woundingRoisel, France
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialTincourt New British Cemetery (Plot V, Row E, Grave No. 22), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
13
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Roger Wetherall Gore and Alice Eliza TAYLOR, "Bromley", 10 Bent Street, North Sydney, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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