Jesse Herbert TAYLOR

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Service Number:	681
Enlisted:	9 February 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Birmingham, England, 1880
Home Town:	Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Polisher
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 15 December 1915
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Special Memorial, Row A, Grave 12 Headstone inscription reads: Died as he lived soldier & a man, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

9 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 681, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
29 Mar 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 19th Infantry Battalion
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Corporal, 681, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Corporal, 681, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
24 Oct 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 19th Infantry Battalion, In the field
15 Dec 1915:	Involvement 681, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 681 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-12-15

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Arrived in Australia aged 30 years

Husband of Annie Taylor of Alfred Street, Kogarah, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment with service in the Boer War

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