Robert James TAYLOR

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Service Number:	5471
Enlisted:	24 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hamilton, Victoria, Australia, January 1998
Home Town:	Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Plumber
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 8 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

24 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5471, 14th Infantry Battalion
4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 5471, 14th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 5471, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne

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From In Memory Of:

In Memory Of Private Robert James Taylor, 14th Battalion.

Private Taylor was a plumber from Malvern, Victoria.

He enlisted in January 1916, aged 18. He was killed in action on the 8th of August 1916, at Pozieres.

His body was never recovered.

I believe two of his brothers were also killed in WW1. William Taylor at the landing at Gallipoli and Thomas Taylor in Palestine.

Lest We Forget.