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TAYLOR, Albert James Gerard
Personal Details
Service Number: | 4083 |
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Enlisted: | 31 August 1915, Claremont, Tas. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 28 February 1897 |
Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Goulburn Street School, Hobart, Tasmania |
Occupation: | Printer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 12 October 1917, aged 20 years |
Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Plot III, Row A, Grave No. II |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
31 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4083, 15th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas. | |
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24 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 4083, 15th Infantry Battalion, RMS Orontes, Melbourne | |
24 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 4083, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
9 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
6 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4083, 47th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
9 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4083, 47th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 | |
28 Mar 1917: | Honoured Military Medal | |
11 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4083, 47th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (First) | |
12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4083, 47th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele, Killed in action after an enemy shell landed on 47th Battalion HQ during the attack on Passchendaele (killing 23). |
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