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TAYLOR, David
| Service Number: | 188 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 May 1915, at Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 32nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Yorkshire, England, January 1876 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shift Foreman |
| Died: | 29 June 1955, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) |
| Memorials: | Broken Hill Barrier District No 12 M.U.I.O.O.F. Great War Roll of Honor, Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Blende Street Methodist Church Honour Board, Broken Hill Wesley Uniting Church Memorial Windows |
World War 1 Service
| 30 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 188, 32nd Infantry Battalion, at Keswick | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 188, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 188, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 19 Jun 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 188, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), GSW head |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
David Taylor born in 1876 January Yorkshire England was 5'9.5 foot and weight 77.5 kg. He worked as a Shift Foreman and lived in Broken Hill. He enlisted into the Australian Army at Keswick South Australia at 38 years of age and 11 months. He servied a total of 1 year and 355 days in the 32nd Infantry Battalion in Epgyt and the western front. He earnt himself the Star medal, British War Medal and Victory medal for serving.
During his time he suffered a bullet wound to the head on the 19th July 1916 at the Battle of Fromelles. He was admitted to the 13th General Hospital on the 21st July 1916. He then was transferred to King George Hospital on the 1st of August and transfered to the 1st Auxiliary Hospital on the 20th of October 1916, where he was then discharged to Weymouth on the 31st of October 1916. He returned to Australia Melbourne via the hospital transport "Ulysses" on 12 of April 1917 where he was then deemed medically unfit to continue to serve due to his wound. He lived to 79 years of age and died on the 29th of June 1955 in SpringBank.
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