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Joseph Henry TAYLOR

Regimental number3656
Place of birthChilders, Queensland
SchoolNorth Isis State School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressMon Repose, Bundaberg, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Taylor, Mon Repose, Bundaberg, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in the Childers Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date30 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 October 1918
Place of death or woundingMontbrehain, France
Age at death32
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialHigh Tree Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. I), Montbrehain, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
173
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Clara Jane TAYLOR. Native of Isis, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: Lieutenant G TAYLOR MM, killed in action, Ypres, Belgium 29 September 1917; Cousin: died of wounds.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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