Sidney TAYLOR

Regimental number3274
Place of birthNewcastle New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHairdresser
AddressHunter Street, Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Taylor, Hunter Street, Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales
Enlistment date11 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 13 April 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialNamps-Au-Val British Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 21), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
163
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Samuel and Elizabeth TAYLOR, Patrick Street, Merewether, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal