Sidney Allinson TAYLOR

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TAYLOR, Sidney Allinson

Service Number:	2222
Enlisted:	1 March 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Naracoorte, South Australia, 16 May 1894
Home Town:	Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Natural Causes (heart attack), Whyalla, South Australia, 29 January 1976, aged 81 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Peterborough Public School Honour Board WW1, Peterborough Uniting Church Porch Memorial Leadlight Window 1, Peterborough War Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1
23 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2222, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
23 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2222, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Adelaide

World War 2 Service

17 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Kadina, SA

World War 1 Service

Date unknown:	Involvement 10th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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Biography

Memorials: Peterborough Town Park, Peterborough Town Hall

Biography contributed by St Ignatius' College

Sidney Allinson Taylor was an Australian soldier who served in WW1 and was born on May 16th, 1894, in Naracoorte, a small town situated southeast of Adelaide in South Australia. He was born to John James A.A.H.A. Taylor, and his father was listed as his next of kin on his enlistment papers. His home address at the time was on Main Street in Peterborough. Born in a Methodist household, as well as being a natural British subject, Sidney had a sense of patriotism which made him enlist into the AIF, and so he was then assigned to the 10th Infantry Battalion on the 3rd of March 1915.

Before the outbreak of WWI, Sidney worked as a painter in Naracoorte and on March 3, 1915, at the age of 20, Sidney enlisted in the AIF. He then went to training at Mitcham Camp in South Australia, which was a major training camp made for many South Australian soldiers that were preparing for WWI. There, he was taught the basics of military life, including drills, discipline, and combat.

In August 1915, Sidney and his battalion were sent to Gallipoli on the 4th of August 1915. After when the ANZAC had left from Gallipoli, Sidney’s battalion was redeployed to the Western Front, where they faced even worse conditions. In December 1915, Sidney's battalion arrived in France to fight in the trenches. There, Sidney was faced with some of the most brutal trench warfare in World War I, including the Battles of the Somme and Pozieres. After Pozieres Sidney was hospitalised with a fever and abcesses on 11th September 1916 in France and transferred to hospital in England and was diagnosed with Malaria on the 15th September. He was hospitalised until October and was discharged to Depot to convalesce. He returned to France in May 1917 and marched out to the 10th Battalion 13th June 1917.

Soon after on July 24th he was sent to hospital with an infection in his right foot. He was treated in No 12 General Hospital in Rouen and rejoined his unit in August.

He was granted leave in January 1918 which he spent in England. He returned to the 10th Battalion amd was wounded in action 30th May 1918 with gun shot wounds to his back. He was evacuated to a Casualty Clearning Station and then to the 53rd General Hospital in France. He was transferred to England 9th June 1918 for further treatment in hospital at Orpington, followed by 3rd Auxiliary Hospital. He was discharged to the No. 3 Command Depot to convalesce on 21st June 1918.

Due to his injuries, Sidney returned to Australia on the 27th December 1918, and was discharged 28th April 1919 which marked the end of his service in World War I. His brother Wilfred Taylor (2252) was tragically killed at Gallipoli.

After the war, he resumed his occupation as a painter.

Sidney remained committed to service because he enlisted into World War II in 1942, joining the 7th Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps. His son Wilfred Allinson Taylor also served in WWII with the 9th Division Signals.

Sidney passed away on January 28, 1976, in Whyalla, South Australia, from a heart attack. He was buried at Centennial Park Cemetery, and his legacy is commemorated through various memorials in South Australia, which also includes Peterborough.

Bibliography:

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‌. 10th Infantry Battalion 2024, Vwma.org.au, viewed 24 September 2024, <https://vwma.org.au/explore/units/1>.

‌. Virtual War Memorial 2024, Vwma.org.au, viewed 24 September 2024, <https://vwma.org.au/explore/campaigns/5>.

‌. Sidney Allinson Taylor 2024, State Library of South Australia, viewed 24 September 2024, <https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+46130/5>.

‌. Terrace, V 2024, View digital copy, Naa.gov.au, viewed 24 September 2024, <https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1932417&S=1>.

‌. Details 2024, Adfa.edu.au, viewed 24 September 2024, <https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=296380>.

‌. Private Sidney Allinson Taylor 2024, Awm.gov.au, viewed 24 September 2024, <https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10788448>.

‌. Private Sidney Allinson Taylor 2024, Awm.gov.au, viewed 24 September 2024, <https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10498849>.

‌. Genge 2014, DVA’s Nominal Rolls, Dva.gov.au, viewed 24 September 2024, <https://nominal-rolls.dva.gov.au/veteran?id=728019&c=WW2#R>.

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