Norman Bowman TAYLOR

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TAYLOR, Norman Bowman

Service Number:	3915
Enlisted:	25 November 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, 1898
Home Town:	Langwarrin, Frankston, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

World War 1 Service

25 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3915, Depot Battalion
8 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3915, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3915, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3915, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3915 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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Biography contributed by VWM Australia

Private Norman Bowman Taylor is one of six brothers. 3 served during the Great War, 2 for Australia and one William Taylor served and died for Canadian forces. Sapper William Taylor served with the 1st Canadian Tunneling Company and was killed on the 3 August 1916 in France.

In 1922 his mother Jane Taylor appears to have been admitted to a mental institution according to documents in the soldier's service records. Most likely the stress of losing three of her sons during the war and and her husband in 1899 played its part.

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