Alfred TAYLOR

TAYLOR, Alfred

Service Numbers: 654, 4101
Enlisted: 5 February 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank: Sapper
Last Unit: 6th Field Company Engineers
Born: Greystoke, England, 1889
Home Town: Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling: Greystoke National School
Occupation: Carpenter
Died: Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 31 July 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"...4101 Pte (later Spr) Alfred Taylor, 18th Battalion (later 4th Field Company Engineers), of Redfern, Sydney, NSW, son of Janet Wright, Penrith, England. A carpenter prior to enlisting, he joined the Military Expeditionary Force. at Gallipoli on 3 September 1915. He was killed in action at Pozieres, France on 31 July 1916, aged 26. He has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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