Lancelot Chaplin TAYLOR

Badge Number: 20046, Sub Branch: Pt Adelaide/Alberton & Rosewater
20046

TAYLOR, Lancelot Chaplin

Service Number: 2744
Enlisted: 16 March 1916, Adelaide South Australia Australia
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 50th Infantry Battalion
Born: Port Macdonnell, 2 November 1895
Home Town: Port MacDonnell, Grant, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Engineer
Died: 25 November 1963, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Derrick Garden of Remembrance
Memorials: Dublin WW1 & WW2 Roll of Honor, Dublin War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

16 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2744, 50th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide South Australia Australia
23 Oct 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT A16 "Port Melbourne"
15 Apr 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2744, 50th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Lancelot Chaplin Taylor was born in November 1895 in Port McDonnell. Son of Morgan Edward TAYLOR and Emily Florence fmly GOLDSWORTHY nee CHAPLIN.  His mother Mrs Emily Taylor was listed as his next of kin. His mother's most laterly advised address was Grey Terrace Rosewater. After enlistement on the 16th March 1916, into the 2nd Depot Battalion he underwent basic training in Adelaide most probably at Mitcham Camp although this is not specified. He was allocated to the 6th reinforcements of the 50th Battalion. Private Chaplin embarked with his draft on the HMAT Port Melbourne and proceeded to Great Britain where he joined the 13th Training Battalion. He subsequently embarked for France from Folkestone on the 10th April, joining the 50th Battalion on the 15th April near Etaples. He was promoted in the field to Lance Corporal on the 2nd July 1917. Lancelot was admitted to hospital whilst on leave in Great Britain in late January 1918. He was transferred between a string of hospitals including Stamford, Dartford, Longbridge and Codford over most of the rest of 1918. The nature of his condition is unclear from the available documentation. He did not finally rejoin his unit until after the war's end in January 1919. He returned to Australia on the "City of Exeter" on 12 July 1919. He was awared the British War Medal 17669 and the Victory Medal 17497 He is commemorated on an Honour Board at Dublin, South Australia

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