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John Robert TAYLOR

Regimental number1844
Place of birthBarramunga, Victoria
SchoolState School, Bunbury, Western Australia
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationFireman
AddressSpencer Street, South Bunbury, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Taylor, Spencer Street, S. Bunbury, Western Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets, Bunbury, Western Australia.
Enlistment date26 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 19 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll51st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialPasschendaele New British Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row F, Grave No. 24), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
154
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr. and Jane TAYLOR, 16 Waugh Street, North Perth, Western Australia

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