William TAYLOR

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Service Number:	1536
Enlisted:	8 December 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hollenwood, Manchester, England, 1892
Home Town:	Croydon, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Originally buried at Walkers Ridge but grave later lost. Chaplain McKenzie officiated, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

8 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1536, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement Private, 1536, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked Private, 1536, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney

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Son of Jane Anne Taylor of 620 Manchester Road, Oldham, England

Next of kin given as his sister Fanny Taylor of 'Altham House', Croydon Avenue, Croydon, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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