Harry TAYLOR MC, MM

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TAYLOR, Harry

Service Number:	1489
Enlisted:	17 September 1914
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
Born:	Birmingham, England, 23 September 1891
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Mechanic
Died:	Aeroplane accident , Over Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire, England, 18 August 1918, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery, Warwickshire, England
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

17 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1489, 301st Company Mechancial Transport
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked 1489, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement 1489, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
7 Nov 1916:	Honoured Military Medal
5 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
17 Apr 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
17 Jul 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
6 Feb 1918:	Honoured Military Cross

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Cathy Sedgwick

On 18th August, 1918 at approximately 18.00 hours Second Lieutenant Douglas Abbott Ferguson was piloting a Sopwith Camel C6746 which collided head on with Lieutenant Harry Taylor, MC, MM, who was piloting a Sopwith Scout D4170 while conducting dogfight training at Shipton Moyne, Gloucestershire, out of No. 8 Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, Leighterton.

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