TAYLOR, Leslie Arthur
| Service Number: | 2168 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 May 1916, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Morayfield, Qld., 12 June 1894 |
| Home Town: | Rocksberg, Moreton Bay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Rocksberg School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Queensland, 11 June 1963, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Caboolture District WW1 Roll of Honour, Upper Caboolture Rocksberg School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2168, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2168, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2168, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Leslie Arthur Taylor was the second son of John William Taylor and Alice Maud Greenbury who lived at Upper Caboolture, Queensland. He was single, living in Rocksberg, Queensland and working as a farm labourer when he enlisted in May 1916. Leslie returned to Australia with gunshot wounds to left arm and leg on 10 September 1917. After the war he married Phyllis Magdalen King in June 1924 and worked as a tram conductor. The couple resided at Coorparoo, Brisbane, Queensland. Two other brothers, Ernest [No Number] and Hubert Lancelot [955] who was killed while on tank duty in France, had enlisted.
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