TAYLOR, Gilbert
| Other Name: | Taylor, Gilbert Harold - Death Notices |
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| Service Numbers: | 1406A, 1406 |
| Enlisted: | 29 December 1914, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Oatlands, Tasmania, Australia , 17 September 1892 |
| Home Town: | Oatlands, Southern Midlands, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Oatlands State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Gallipoli.Turkey Special Memorial D 12 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Oatlands Soldiers Memorial, Oatlands State School Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1406A, 15th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 13 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1406A, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1406A, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1406, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1406 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-08-08 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of William and Amelia TAYLOR, Stanley Street, Oatlands, Tasmania
HE DIED THE HELPLESS TO DEFEND. A TASMANIAN SOLDIER'S NOBLE END
TAYLOR.—In loving memory of my dear son, and our dear brother, Private Gilbert Harold Taylor, who was killed in action at Lone Pine, August 8, 1915.
Far from the home of his childhood,
Away o'er the ocean deep,
In a foreign land our loved one
Is sleeping his last long sleep.
He was far away when the summons came,
But he answered the bugle call ;
"1 must go," he said, "for the Empire's sons
Together must stand or fall."
Deeply mourned.
Inserted by his loving mother, sisters, and brothers, Oatlands; also his loving brother, Gunner E. R. Taylor, on active service.
TAYLOR.—In loving memory of my dear brother, Private Gilbert Harold Taylor who was killed in action at Lone Pine, August 8, 1915.
He was only a private in battle,
Just a part of the great rank and file;
He fought for its flag and its honour;
He has laid down his life with a smile.
He has fought a great fight in the trenches,
In response to his dear country's call;
Australia is proud of her hero,
Though he was only a private, that's all.
Inserted by his loving sister, R. Taylor.
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