Harold TAYLOR

Harold TAYLOR Update Details

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Service Numbers:	Not yet discovered
Enlisted:	26 December 1914, Served for 1 year, Senior Cadets; 2 years, 2nd Infantry, Citizen Military Forces (passed for Lieutenant, 'less Subject I').
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	54th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 23 September 1891
Home Town:	Waratah West, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mercantile pursuits
Died:	KIA - Hit by shell, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Rue-Du-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No 17), Fleurbaix, France
Memorials:	Waratah Memorial Gates

26 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Served for 1 year, Senior Cadets; 2 years, 2nd Infantry, Citizen Military Forces (passed for Lieutenant, 'less Subject I').
11 Feb 1915:	Embarked 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney
11 Feb 1915:	Involvement 2nd Infantry Battalion
14 Feb 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 54th Infantry Battalion
27 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, SW to thigh
8 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 2nd Infantry Battalion
10 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 54th Infantry Battalion

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