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TAPLIN, Archibald Stevens
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 50, 345 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 December 1914, Tropical Unit (Queensland) |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bristol, England, 1880 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Merrywood Secondary School, Bristol |
| Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Plot 11, Row G, Grave 17 |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Nov 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 50, 2nd Infantry Battalion, SS Eastern, Sydney | |
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| 28 Nov 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 50, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Eastern embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 13 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 50, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Tropical Unit (Queensland) | |
| 29 Mar 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked 345, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 12 May 1915: | Involvement 345, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Nov 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant | |
| 1 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Archibald Stevens TAPLIN was born in Bristol, England in 1880
His parents were Thomas Poynder TAPLIN & Clara TAYLOR who married in St Paul, Paddington, Westminster, UK on 30th May, 1878
He married Bessie Louisa PARRY in the parish church, Fishponds, Bristol, UK on 21st March,1905
Archibald died in Bullecourt in France on 3rd May, 1917 and is buried in the Queant Road Cemetery
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