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Leslie Victor TAYLOR

Regimental number2420
Place of birthAlbert Park, Victoria
SchoolEastern Road State School, Albert Park, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStoreman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Taylor, 351 Moray Street, South Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date15 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Corporal
Unit name21st Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Pioneer Battalion
FateKilled in Action 17 April 1918
Place of death or woundingMellincourt, nr Albert, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialMillencourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Row A, Grave No. 55), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
173
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James Francis and Mary TAYLOR, 31 Eastern Road, South Melbourne, Victoria. Native of Albert Park, Victoria

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