William Thomas TAYLOR

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Service Number:	535
Enlisted:	3 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW Posted rank was given as Trooper not Private
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	7th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Narrabri, Narrabri, New South Wales
Schooling:	Narrabri District School; Peak Hill Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	School Teacher
Died:	Killed in Action, Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 21 July 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 1, Row E, Grave 26 Rev. Father Bergin officiated, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narrabri and District Soldiers' Memorial Clock Tower, Parkes & District Cenotaph, Peak Hill Rifle Club Honor Roll, Peak Hill and District Great War Roll of Honor

3 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Trooper, 535, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW Posted rank was given as Trooper not Private
19 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 535, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: ''
19 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 535, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ajana, Sydney
18 Feb 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Light Horse Regiment
21 Jul 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 535, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 535 awm_unit: 7th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-07-21

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Address at the time of enlistment was given as Derribong Street, Peak Hill, NSW

Son of Robert James and Ellen Agnes Taylor of 'The Arches', Sandridge Street, Bondi, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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