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TAYLOR, Albert James Gerard

Service Number:	4083
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, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Plot III, Row A, Grave No. II
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4083, 15th Infantry Battalion, Claremont, Tas.
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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