Herbert Harold TAYLOR

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Service Number:	6627
Enlisted:	28 August 1916, Enlisted at Brisbane
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1887
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	West End State School
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 22 December 1917
Cemetery:	Bethleem Farm West Cemetery, Belgium Row A, Grave 34 Headstone inscription reads: Only one life 'twill soon be past only what's done for Jesus will last , Bethleem Farm West Cemetery, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Morningside District Honour Roll

28 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6627, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brisbane
7 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 6627, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
7 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 6627, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney

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Son of Robert and Mary Taylor; husband of Nellie Taylor of Lota Road, Manly, Brisbane; father of Harold Robert Alexr Taylor and Agnes Gertrude Taylor

Herbert's brother Robert Stanley Taylor was killed in action at Gallipoli on 7 August 1915 while serving with the 15th Battalion

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal