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TAIT, Lawrence
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1670 |
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Enlisted: | 29 December 1914, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Billsley, England, 1885 |
Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Steward |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 15 May 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Quinn's Post Cemetery, ANZAC Row A, Grave 30 Rev. F.W. Wray officiated |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
29 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1670, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1670, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1670, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his sister Eugene Charlotte Allen nee Tait of 'Rotherwood', Kirribillii, North Sydney, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal