TAYLOR, Aubrey John William
| Service Number: | 944 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 March 2016 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Barrington, Tasmania, Australia, November 1893 |
| Home Town: | Sheffield, Kentish, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Ulverstone State School,Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Shell Blast, Messines Ridge, Belgium, 17 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium Kandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 35), Neuve-Eglise, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Penguin to the Great War |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 944, 40th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 944, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart | |
| 28 Mar 2016: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 944, 40th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
Weekly Courier Thursday Aug 3 1916, from Nicki Smythe, Tasmania in the Great War
All three of the TAYLOR Triplets enlisted in the Great War. Children of William Taylor and Clara Winduss. the triplets were born in 1893 in Sheffield . The 3 Boys all went to war. Pte Aubrey John William Taylor was KIA by a shell on 17/71917 at Messines Ridge, Belgium, Pte Raymond Arthur Isaac Taylor killed in 1918, France and Pte Garnet Charles Robert Taylor (RTA) and died in Victoria 3/6/1953. But what a sad Story. Poor Clara lost her husband William in 1895 age 29 to cancer in the eye and then to lose 2 of the 3 triplets in the war.
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