TAYLOR, Harry
| Service Numbers: | 575, 575A |
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| Enlisted: | 9 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yorkshire, England, November 1882 |
| Home Town: | Waratah North, South Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Hamilton Public school, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Joiner |
| Died: | Wounds, 11th Stationary Hospital, France, 24 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen St. Sever Cemetery Extension (Block P, Plot IX, Row D, Grave No. 10A), Rouen, France, St Sever Cemetery Extension, Haute-Normandie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hamilton St Peter's Anglican Church Memorial Window, Waratah Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 575, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 575, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 575, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 54th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 575A, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 575A awm_unit: 54th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting Memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
103 years ago today, on the 24th April 1918, Private Harry Taylor, 54th Battalion (Reg No-575A), carpenter and joiner from 25 Smith Street, North Waratah, (Mayfield East) New South Wales, father of two (George T - 1910 and Bessie B - 1913), Died of Wounds (gas shell poisoning) at Villers-Bretonneux, France, age-35.
Born at Barnsley, Yorkshire, England about 1883 to George (died 1921) and Emma (died 1931) Taylor of 2 Donald Street, Hamilton, N.S.W.; husband of Jane Taylor nee Atkinson (married 1909, Hamilton, N.S.W., died?), Harry enlisted January 1916 with the 36th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 17.4.1918 (gassed), Harry is resting at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, France. Block P Plot IX Row D Grave 10A.
Mr Taylor’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor, Hamilton St Peter's Anglican Church Memorial Window, Hamilton St. Peter's Anglican Church Honor Roll, Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor, Book of Gold and the Waratah Park Memorial Gates. Name not inscribed on the Newcastle Progressive Carpenters & Joiners Roll of Honour.
Sadly, there is no memorial inscription on the headstone of Harry’s parents to tell us of the supreme sacrifice of their son, so January 2021 I placed a memorial cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the memorialised grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service. ANGLICAN 1-24. 118.
Lest We Forget.
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