TAYLOR, Walter Alfred George
| Service Number: | 5778 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Tomago, New South Wales, Australia, 11 November 1897 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Cooks Hill Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Acute Pancreatitis, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 28 April 1921, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 1-19. 126. |
| Memorials: | Cook's Hill Superior Public School |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 5778, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 5778, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 23 Dec 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5778, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
102 years ago today, on the Saturday afternoon of the 30th April 1921, Private Walter Alfred George Taylor, referred to as Wally, 1st Australian Machine Gun Battalion (Reg No-5778), labourer from 6 Jubilee Lane, off Hunter Street West, Newcastle, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 23. ANGLICAN 1-19. 126. Not married.
Wally had died on the 28th April 1921 at the Newcastle Hospital, N.S.W. of acute pancreatitis.
Born at Tomago, New South Wales on the 11th November 1897 to Alfred Ernest John and Catherine Taylor, Wally enlisted on the 10th August 1915 with the 1st Battalion, Reg No-4879, at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Services no longer required - 13.3.1916 (breaking camp, absent without leave, desertion by failing to embark, 216 days in camp).
Reenlisted on the 12th April 1916 with the 1st Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on the 3rd June 1916.
Wounded in action - 5-8.5.1917 (GSW right leg, slight).
Wally returned home on the 10th August 1919, being discharged on the 23rd December 1919.
Mr. Taylor’s name has been inscribed on the Cooks Hill Superior Public School Roll of Honour and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at Wally’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Older brother Charles Ernest John (born 23.1.1892, Tomago, New South Wales, labourer from 6 Jubilee Lane, off Hunter Street West, Newcastle, New South Wales, enlisted 9.8.1915, 1st Battalion, Reg No-5775, wounded in action 5.11.1916 (GSW left leg, amputated), RTA 16.11.1917, service record states Died after Discharge, 29.7.1945, Mayfield, N.S.W.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
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Lest We Forget.
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