TAYLOR, Thomas
| Service Number: | 1006 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 February 1916, An original of C Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Cheltenham, Bayside, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1006, 37th Infantry Battalion, An original of C Company | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1006, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1006, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The son of William Francis Taylor (died 1915) and Ellen Taylor (died 1901). Thomas’s mother had died when he was about 10 years of age. The father died a few months before Thomas enlisted.
Thomas was wounded in action in Belgium on 14 November 1917 and evacuated to England. He was killed in action near Clery in France and a note in his file says he was buried near the town. His grave was lost and he remembered on the Villiers Bretonneux Memorial.
His younger brother, 407 Pte. John Michael Taylor 29th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Fromelles on 20 July 1916, age 23.
His will was made out to his aunt who probably raised him. A younger brother William Albert Taylor of Cheltenham, the only survivor of the family, was nominated to receive all of their medals and awards.