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TAPLIN, Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1710 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 May 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, June 1887 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Toowoomba, Queensland, 21 October 1933, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 1710, Toowoomba, Queensland | |
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| 17 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 1710, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 17 Aug 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 1710, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Brisbane | |
| 12 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 1710, 26th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli | |
| 27 May 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, SN 1710, 26th Infantry Battalion, Shell wound (arm) | |
| 26 Mar 1917: | Imprisoned German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Lagnicourt | |
| 15 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, SN 1710, 26th Infantry Battalion |
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