TAYLOR, Horace Hamlet Perrier
| Service Number: | 2742 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 May 1916, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 31 July 1883 |
| Home Town: | Toogoolawah, Somerset, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 April 1918, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux III H 2, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toogoolawah Nestle & Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2742, 49th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2742, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2742, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Horace was born in Qld 13 July 1883 and enlisted in Brisbane on 17 June 1916. He was the only surviving child of Graham TAYOR & Isabel Edith nee PERRIER and had worked at Nestle and Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Co at Toogoolawah at the time of enlisting. Actually, his service record contains a letter from Nestles to the Army stating that they have his name on an honour roll. By now I wouldn't be surprised if it's no longer in existence.
Horace was killed in action on 25 April 1918 in France & is buried in the Adelaide British Cemetary at Villers Bretonneux, plot 3, row H, grave 2.
His regimental number was 2742 & he was a private in the 49th battalion.
Just as a matter of interest, Horace's mother was widowed sometime before he'd enlisted & as he was an only child he was her world. The poor woman passed away while his ship was sailing for England. The family used to say that she died of a broken heart.
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