Lawrence Craike TAYLOR

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TAYLOR, Lawrence Craike

Service Number:	2190
Enlisted:	18 February 1916, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Shepparton, Victoria, Australia, 1895
Home Town:	Longlea, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Axedale State School No. 1921, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Orchardist
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 25), Belgium, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

18 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2190, 38th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
25 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2190, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Sep 1916:	Embarked Private, 2190, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
7 Jun 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2190, 38th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

Parents: W.J. and Jean TAYLOR, "Bowmont", Longlea, Victoria. Native of Shepparton, Victoria

Brothers:

Major Albert William TAYLOR MC, 37th Bn, returned to Australia, 12 April 1919;

QM & Hon. Captain Charles Bowmont TAYLOR, 5th Bn, returned to Australia, 10 May 1919;

Lt J C TAYLOR, 5th Machine Gun Bn;

3976 Pte Robert James TAYLOR, 21st Bn, killed in action, 3 May 1917;

110 Pte Frederick Cameron TAYLOR, 8th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 4 September 1918.

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