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TAPLIN, Stanley Russell Stewart

Service Numbers:	2814 and 381, 416
Enlisted:	17 May 1916, 6th Machine Gun RFTS.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Patea, Taranaki, New Zealand, 16 April 1874
Home Town:	Mount Morgan, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Buderim, Queensland, Australia, 11 August 1948, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	City of Townsville WW1 Honour Roll

Boer War Service

11 Oct 1899:	Involvement British Forces (All Conflicts), 2814 and 381, 1st Bn. Imperial Light Horse.

World War 1 Service

17 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 416, 6th Machine Gun RFTS.
20 Jun 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Machine Gun Company
20 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 416, 13th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 416, 13th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne
23 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 12th Machine Gun Company
21 Apr 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 416, 12th Machine Gun Company, RTA For Discharge.
10 Jul 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 416, 12th Machine Gun Company, Medically Unfit.

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