TAYLOR, George
| Service Numbers: | 1193, 1878 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 October 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hay, NSW, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Penrith, Penrith Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Metal Worker |
| Died: | Attributed to War Injuries, Campsie, NSW, 6 November 1930 |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1193, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Wounded at Gallipoli and returned home | |
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| 27 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1193, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1193, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1193, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 1878, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 1878, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Sydney, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
DEATH OF EX-SOLDIER.
PENRITH, Saturday.
Mr. George Taylor, who died at Campsie, at the age of 36 years, was a son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Taylor, of Penrith. He enlisted at the outbreak of the Great War, and vvas reported killed in action In June, 1015, when a united memorial service was held in connection with his supposed death. About a week afterwards his parents were notified of the error, and informed that he had been seriously wounded in the head. He was invalided home, and later re-enllsted." After further service he was wounded in the back and legs and again invalided home. The injury to his head was the, ultimate cause of death. Deceased leaves a wife and three sons.
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