TAYLOR, Harold George
| Service Number: | 3946 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Prospect, South Australia, January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | Peterborough, South Australia, Australia, 24 June 1953, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Peterborough Public School Honour Board WW1, Peterborough War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3946, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 3946, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 3946, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide | |
| 12 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Harold George Taylor was born in January of 1983 in Prospect, Adelaide. There is hardly any documents on his early life however his listed next of kin was listed as his mother, Mrs Clara Taylor, through letters his father was found to be Mr George Taylor and their residential address at the time was 6 First Ave, Helmsdale, Glenelg, South Australia. He was documented as a hairdresser prior to enlistment and as written on his enlistment form he was 5'9, had blue eyes, light brown hair, had a fair complexion and his service number was #3946. He was 22 years and 8 months old when he formally enlisted and was accepted on the 17th of August 1915.
On the 17/8/15 he started his training in the "A" Coy Depot Battalion where his did his training until the 15/10/15. From there he was sent to serve in the 27th Infantry Battalion in which he become a N.C.O (Non Commissioned Officer) Sergeant on the 1/1/16 and did so until the 2/4/16 where he was 'taken on strength' to the 50th Battalion. After being transferred he lost his ranking or Sergeant due to being in the new battalion and was once again titled Private.
On the 8/4/16 he was transferred over seas to Sereapeum where he fought in the front line. On the 23/5/16 till the 31/5/16 he was moved to canal defence and was made an L/CPL (Lance Corporal) on the 27/5/16. On the 5/6/16 he travelled on the 'Arcadian' from Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force and disembarked in Marseilles on the 12/6/16.
However a short while after, on the 10/8/16 - still in Marseilles, he was wounded in action as he had suffered a gun shot wound to his right thigh. It was a deemed a serious injury and on the 16/8/16 he was sent to Étaples, then to Calais to embark upon the 'HS Brighton' back to Edmonton, England. On the 29/8/16 he was admitted to the Edmonton Military Hospital and was treated for his wound. He was sent on furlough (time off of military service) from the 30/1/17.
After his furlough he marched out to Wareham on the 19/2/17 and stayed there for many months. On the 17/8/17 he was documented as in the Permanent Base.
On the 28/10/17 he marched out (M/O) to H.Q No. 4 C.D Godford and on the same day marched in and joined the 13th Training Battalion from No. 4 C.D Godford.
On the 18/1/18 however he was recorded as AWL (Absent Without Leave) from 2400 17/1/18 until he was apprehended by M.P at 6am on the 18/1/18. He was reduced to a permanent grade by Major V.M and lost one day's pay. A month later on the 17/2/18 he was appointed A/L/Cpl in the 13th Battalion however on the 28/1/18 he was reverted back down to his permanent grade of Private.
He marched out to No 2 C.D. Weymouth as detached service from the 13th Battalion and marched in on the 30/3/18. While there he received a shrapnel wound on his already previously injured thigh.
He disembarked back to Australia on the 17/5/18 due to the shrapnel wound.
He was formally discharged on the 22/7/18 as he was deemed medically unfit. In total he served for 2 years and 340 days and 2 years and 149 days of that was served abroad. He was awarded 3 medals for his service: 1914/15 Star Medal, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Not much was documented on his life after war however on the 24th of June 1953, at the age of 60, he passed away and was buried in Centennial Park Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia.
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