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TAYLOR, Leslie Victor
Personal Details
Service Number: | 2420 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
Born: | Albert Park, Melbourne Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 17 April 1918, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension Grave A. 55. INSCRIPTION FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW THY LOVE ONE SLEEPING , Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, South Melbourne Great War Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
29 Sep 1915: | Involvement 2420, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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29 Sep 1915: | Embarked 2420, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Melbourne | |
17 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 2420, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2420 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-17 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 27 and the son of Mary and the late James Francis Taylor, of 31, Eastern Rd., South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
He is remembered on the war memorial for the world-wide employees of Alex Cowan & Sons, Penicuik in Scotland.