Walter Norman LIND-TAYLOR

LIND-TAYLOR, Walter Norman

Service Number: 564
Enlisted: 3 January 1916, Armidale, NSW
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 33rd Infantry Battalion
Born: Armidale, NSW, 1 January 1893
Home Town: Uralla, Uralla, New South Wales
Schooling: The Armidale School
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 28 June 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery: Ration Farm (la Plus Douve) Annexe
Plot III, Row A, Grave 17
Memorials: Armidale School War Memorial Gates, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kentucky St. Mark's Anglican Church "LIND-TAYLOR" Memorial Furnishings
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World War 1 Service

3 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Armidale, NSW
4 May 1916: Involvement Sergeant, 564, 33rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: ''
4 May 1916: Embarked Sergeant, 564, 33rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Sydney
28 Jun 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 564, 33rd Infantry Battalion, Killed in action

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frederick George and Margaret Lucy TAYLOR, of Terrible Vale, Kentucky, New South Wales.

"BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD"

WALTER LIND TAYLOR (1.1.1893 - 26.6.1917)
Called Walter
From "Terrible Vale', Kentucky, via Uralla. His father was Frederick George Taylor At TAS 4 years from Feb. 1907 to Dec. 1910. Prefect. Captain of First Football XV.and Colours 2 years. Vice-Captain  First Cricket XI and Colours. Athletics Committee. School Club Committee. Colour Sergeant In the Cadets. "His tennis, too, was a long way above the average, and he was one of the "Terrible Vale"  quartet that made such a reputation In Sydney in Country Tennis Week a few years ago" (Armidalian Obituary).                      
After leaving school he worked at “Terrible Vale” and played cricket and football for Old Boys at Old Boys' Reunions.

Served in the 33rd Battalion A.1.F. as a Sergeant.
Killed In France aged 24. The circumstances of his death were recorded in a letter from Lieut. Col. Morshead, O.C. of the 33rd Battalion to his father F.G. Taylor "He was asleep in his dugout when a  shell came through it and burst. He was killed by the concussion while asleep. His body was not marked. I can speak only in the highest terms of your son's excellent and honourable record with this  Battalion. He was one in whom the utmost reliance and completest confidence were always placed. He was only recently recommended by his commander for a commission, and I had hoped to  promote him very shortly. In the trenches he distinguished himself by his coolness and courage. His men had implicit faith in his judgment and i deeply deplore the loss of so valuable a young man. His death is deeply mourned by the whole Battalion”. The Armidalian notes that “letters to the same effect had been received from Sergeant Dick Blomfield and Capt. Craigie."

Memorial - His name is on the fountain in Armidale Central Park and in the Armidale Memorial Library. The Taylor Memorial Challenge Cup was presented by his brothers In 1919 to be held yearly by  the Tennis Champion and it is still awarded.


Obituary - "A more modest and delightful personality would be hard to find, and the School will always greatly treasure his memory. He will be much missed from the District in which he lived, and of  the sorrow his death has brought to his parents we do not venture to speak."


Brothers - he had 3 brothers who went to TAS: Frederick Lind Taylor, Charles William Lind Taylor (Carl). Carl captained the New England Cricket Representative side for 6 years from 1928 to 1934. He  served as a Lance-Corp. in the Lewis Machine Gun Section of the 20th Battalion and was wounded on 19.9.1916 in the hip and stomach by a rifle grenade when near Hill 60 in the Ypres Salient. He was  demobilized 9.5.1917 and returned to being a Grazier. He died on 16.9.1976 aged 87. He is fondly remembered for his cricket coaching at TAS for many years. George Lind Taylor served as  Second Lieut. in 33rd Battalion A.I.F. He served at and was wounded on 17.10.1917 at Passchendaele. He was mentioned in despatches 7.11.1917 and demobilized returned to being a Grazier.

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