James Horace TAYLOR

TAYLOR, James Horace

    Service Numbers: 382, W31918
    Enlisted: 19 November 1914, Liverpool, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: Volunteer Defence Corps (SA)
    Born: Clifton, New South Wales, 20 August 1896
    Home Town: Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Natural causes, Point Vernon, Queensland, 7 October 1976, aged 80 years
    Cemetery: Not yet discovered
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    World War 1 Service

    19 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 382, Liverpool, New South Wales
    12 May 1915: Involvement Private, 382, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
    12 May 1915: Embarked Private, 382, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
    5 Aug 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Depot Battalion
    4 May 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, Echelon & Records, ANZAC Section
    4 Jul 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 382, Echelon & Records, Cessation of Hostilities

    World War 2 Service

    8 Aug 1941: Enlisted Private, W31918, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Nedlands, Western Australia
    8 Aug 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, W31918
    6 Jan 1942: Discharged Private, W31918, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), 5th Garrison (Militia) Coy.

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    Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

    Private James H. Taylor returned to Australia on 17 March 1919 and married Valmai Isabella Diana Armstrong in Sydney, in 1929. He had a successful career with the Prudential Insurance Company, retiring in 1960. He died at Point Vernon, Queensland in 1976, age 80.

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