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Richard Hamilton TAYLOR

Regimental number3630
Place of birthTipperary, Ireland
SchoolCrocker's College
Age on arrival in Australia16
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationConductor
Addressc/o Herbert Smith 113 Pitt Street, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Taylor, Inchmore Cottage, Bowrisokane Tipperary, Ireland
Enlistment date17 September 1915
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name17th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/34/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Trench Mortar Battery
FateKilled in Action 30 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Place of burialYpres Reservoir Cemetery (Plot I, Row I, Grave No. 52), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
21
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard Hamilton Ada de Beauchamp TAYLOR, 70 Albert Road, Kingstown, Ireland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, TAYLOR Richard Hamilton

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