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TAYLOR, William Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3712 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Molong, New South Wales, Australia, June 1885 |
| Home Town: | Louth, Bourke, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Postmaster |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 25 April 1970, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Molong & District Soldiers Memorial Roll of Honour, Molong Armed Forces Personnel Roll of Honour, Molong District Roll of Honor, Molong War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 3 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3712, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3712, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3712, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 13th Field Company Engineers | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 3712, 13th Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , SW left foot | |
| 24 Feb 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Sapper, 4th Field Company Engineers | |
| 21 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 3712, 4th Field Company Engineers, 2nd MD, eventually as a result of left foot wounding from Pozieres. |
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