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Thomas TAYLOR

Regimental number2990
Place of birthLonghirst, Northumberland, England
SchoolKing Edward VI Grammar School, Morpeth, Northumberland, England
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressLithgow, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Joseph Taylor, Bent Street, Lithgow, New South Wales
Enlistment date12 September 1916
Place of enlistmentBathurst, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name57th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/74/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 3 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll57th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 28 October 1917
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXII, Row F, Grave No. 16), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
164
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Mary Ann TAYLOR. Native of Ashington, Northumberland, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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