TAYLOR, Alexander Douglas
| Service Number: | 14005 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 14th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Kincardineshire, Scotland., May 1885 |
| Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Acute Lobar Pneumonia, Montrose Royal Infirmary, Scotland, United Kingdom, 20 May 1919 |
| Cemetery: |
St. Cyrus Upper (Parish) Churchyard Grave 2A. 3. 15. INSCRIPTION SON OF ALEXANDER & ELIZA TAYLOR ST. CYRUS , St Cyrus Upper Parish Churchyard, St Cyrus, Scotland, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Driver, 14005, 14th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Driver, 14005, 14th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 24 May 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 14th Field Company Engineers, Promoted Temp 2nd Cpl 28/1/1919 Temp Sgt 19/2/1919 | |
| 20 May 1919: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 14005, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 14005 awm_unit: 14th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1919-05-20 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 14005, 14th Field Company Engineers |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 20th May.... LCpl (Temp Sgt) Alexander Douglas Taylor was born at Banchory, Cults, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
According to information provided by his father for the Roll of Honour – Alexander Taylor came to Australia when he was 24 years old. An “Alex. D. Taylor”, Miner, aged 24 was a passenger on Wakool which had departed from the port of London, England on 14th September, 1909, bound for Sydney, Australia.
Alexander Douglas Taylor enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 24th January, 1916 as a 31 year old, single, Carpenter from Balmain, Sydney, NSW.
Driver Alexander Douglas Taylor embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on HMAT Ceramic (A40) on 14th April, 1916 with the 14th Field Company Engineers, 2nd Reinforcements & disembarked at Port Said on 16th May, 1916. He joined Miscellaneous Reinforcements at Tel –el-Kebir on 16th May, 1916.
Driver Taylor arrived in France on 15th June, 1916. He was posted to 14th Field Company Engineers from Reinforcements on 8th August, 1916.
[Note: there are no entries in his Service Record file between 8th August, 1916 & 31st August, 1917.]
Driver Taylor was reported to be with his Unit on 31st August, 1917. He was On Leave to UK from 31st October, 1917 & rejoined his Unit on 20th November, 1917.
Driver Alexander Douglas Taylor was appointed Lance Corporal on 21st May, 1918.
Lance Corporal Alexander Douglas Taylor was on Leave to UK from 4th October, 1918 & rejoined his Unit on 23rd October, 1918.
Lance Corporal Taylor was promoted to Temporary 2nd Corporal on 28th January, 1919, vice 2nd Corporal J. Jackson promoted on 25th January, 1919.
Temporary 2nd Corporal Alexander Douglas Taylor was promoted to Temporary Sergeant on 27th February, 1919 vice Sergeant Durkin sick from 9th December, 1918.
Temporary Sergeant Taylor was detached to Remount Depot at Calais, France from 30th March, 1919. He rejoined his Unit from Remount Depot on 5th April, 1919.
Temporary Sergeant Taylor proceeded to England for Non Military Employment from 30th April, 1919.
Temporary Sergeant Taylor was granted Leave from 5th May, 1919 to 5th September, 1919 with pay only. Reason - Joinery. Attending to – W. Withert, St. Cyprus, Montrose, Scotland & reverts to substantiative rank of Lance Corporal from 5th May, 1919.
Lance Corporal Taylor disembarked at Southampton, England from France on 3rd May, 1919 & was marched in to No. 2 Group. He was marched out to Headquarters A.I.F. London on 5th May, 1919.
Lance Corporal Alexander Douglas Taylor was admitted to Montrose Infirmary, Scotland on 17th May, 1919 from Leave with Pneumonia. He was reported as dangerously ill.
Lance Corporal Alexander Douglas Taylor died at 6.30 pm on 20th May, 1919 at Montrose Royal Infirmary, Scotland from Acute Lobar Pneumonia.
Lance Corporal Alexander Douglas Taylor was buried in St. Cyrus Upper Parish Churchyard, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His father & 4 cousins, along with friends were present at the Funeral.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/st-cyrus.html
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 35 and the son of Alexander and Elizabeth Taylor, of “Coronella”, St. Cyrus, Montrose, Scotland.
St Cyrus or Saint Cyrus (Scots: Saunt Ceerus), formerly Ecclesgreig (from Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais Chiric) is a village in the far south of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
He is interred in his home village-in the parish churchyard of St Cyrus Upper in Kincardineshire, Scotland
His brother, Private James Penny Taylor, aged 31, also fell. He served with the 2nd Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.~ Service Number 3640. Alexander is remembered on the war memorial there, but curiously, James is not.
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