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Percy Ernest TAYLOR

Regimental number5223
Place of birthThorpedale, Victoria
SchoolCatholic School
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationCarpenter
Address186 Stanley Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, F Taylor, 186 Stanley Street, West Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date3 January 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 14 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 October 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Date of fate garbled (103L0/16) on Nominal Roll.
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialRidge Wood Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row L, Grave No. 8), Voormezeele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
142
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frank and Rebecca Martha TAYLOR, 426 Spencer Street, Melbourne. Native of Thorpdale, Victoria.
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2065 Frank William TAYLOR, 12th Bn, returned to Australia.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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