TAYLOR, William
| Service Number: | 1208 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hythe, Kent, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the LONE PINE MEMORIAL Panel 19., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1208, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1208, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Place of birth-Hythe, Kent, England-birth record not found, nor has he been found on any censuses.
He is possibly commemorated on the Hythe War Memorial as W.M. Taylor
Next of kin-Sister, Miss Kate Taylor, Hythe, Kent, England.
Enlisted 23 September 1914 - 2nd Bn, 1st Reinforcements. Taken on strength, 2nd Bn, 15 January 1915. Wounded at Gallipoli, 16 June 1915 but remained at duty.
Place of enlistment-Rosehill, New South Wales.
He embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 22 December 1914.
He is remembered on the Nottingham (Old Basford) - St Leodegarius' Church (ROH) War Memorial as William Taylor Pte. 1208 2nd Bn Australian Infantry along with fellow Australian soldier, James Burrows Pearson, Service Number:1785 who also fell at Gallipoli.
A Book of Remembrance/ROH was compiled of those who died in the war; the book gives first and last names, rank, regiment, date of death and place of death. A peal of eight bells was donated in memory of the men from the congregation and parish who died in the war and there is a brass plaque commemorating this gift: 'To the Glory of God and in honoured memory of Basford men who fell in the Great War, the peal of eight bells in this tower was dedicated, 4 June 1921 by the Rev H.T. Hayman MA, rector of Thornhill, Dewsbury, and formerly chaplain of the 7th (Robin Hood Battalion), the Sherwood Foresters.' A photograph and report of the dedication of the bells was published in the Nottingham Guardian on 6 June 1921: 'Old Basford's tribute to its fallen heroes.
William''s connection with Nottingham has not been found but the commemoration on the Roll of Honour is very detailed.
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