TAYLOR, Claude Joseph
| Service Number: | 587 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia, April 1886 |
| Home Town: | Rockdale, Rockdale, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Rockdale, New South Wales, Australia, 16 January 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-70. 74. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 587, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 13 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 587, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 587, 12th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 6th Light Horse Regiment | |
| 7 Jul 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Trooper, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron | |
| 16 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 587, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery, not Forgotten.
64 years ago today, on the 18th February 1958, Private Claude Joseph Taylor, 4th Australian Machine Gun Squadron (Reg No-587), tailor from 'Hermes', Watkin Street, Rockdale, New South Wales, father of two (Cyril & Nev), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 70. CATHOLIC 2-70. 74.
Born at Gunnedah, New South Wales on the ? ? 1888 to George and Rosannah (Rosemary) E Taylor; husband of Sarah Elizabeth Taylor nee Rule (married 29.12.1920, Walcha, N.S.W., died 1969, sleeping here)
Claude returned home August 1919, being discharged on the 16th November 1919.
Mr. Taylor’s name possibly inscribed on the St Peters Town Hall First World War Honour Roll. Name should have been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
There is an Individual Memorial Plaque placed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance of Claude’s service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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