TAYLOR, Derrick William Kennedy
| Other Name: | Kennedy-Taylor, Derrick William |
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| Service Number: | 2229 |
| Enlisted: | 14 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lifton, Devon, England, July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Portora Royal School, Enniskillen, Northern Ireland |
| Occupation: | Agriculture student |
| Died: | Killed in action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Bathurst War Memorial Carillon |
World War 1 Service
| 14 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2229, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2229, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2229, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Derrick William Kennedy Taylor was born in England during 1895. His father was a surgeon-doctor and probably served in the British army during the war. He signed the Roll of Honour form as Lt-Col William Kennedy-Taylor RAMC, retired. The father’s address was in Alexandria, Egypt. Derrick came to Australia only two years before the war. He was an agricultural student at the Bathurst Experimental Farm.
Derrick joined the 4th Battalion on Gallipoli on 4 August 1915, two days before the epic assault on Lone Pine. Derrick disappeared during the chaotic hand to hand fighting that took place for days at Lone Pine. Reported missing, his remains were never found. The manager of the Bathurst Experimental Farm wrote to Base Records later in 1915, having heard rumours of Derrick Taylor’s death.