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Richard Bertram TAYLOR

Regimental number3248
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolHigh School, Bendigo, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationHome missionary
AddressBendigo, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs. Grace Pascoe Taylor, 193 Wattle Street, Bendigo, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date20 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name60th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/77/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll46th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, france
Age at death21.9
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialVillers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot XI, Row C, Grave No. 3), Fouilloy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
142
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Nicholas and Grace Pascoe TAYLOR
Family/military connectionsWilliam John BLAKE ('lifelong friend'), killed in action, France, 18 September 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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