TAYLOR, Raphael Michael
| Service Number: | 3935 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Junee, New South Wales, 15 August 1898 |
| Home Town: | Oakleigh, Monash, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Quarryman |
| Died: | Natural causes, Melbourne, Victoria, 17 July 1943, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3935, 14th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3935, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3935, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 29 Apr 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3935, 4th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
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Son of Thomas and Catherine Taylor, Raphael enlisted for service at the age of 16 years and 11 months.
"...3935 Private Raphael Michael Taylor, 12th Reinforcements, 14th Battalion, of Oakleigh, Vic. Pte Taylor enlisted on 15 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ceramic on 23 November 1915. He returned to Australia on 4 January 1917 as a member of the 4th Australian Trench Mortar Battery." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
"TAYLOR.— On July 17, at Alfred Hospital, Raphael Michael, dearly loved husband of Grace Victoria, of 74 Carlingford street, Caulfield, loving father of Ray (prisoner of war) and Betty, loved father-in-law of Elie, and dear grandfather of baby Ray, aged 44 years, late 4th M.T.M. Battery, First A.I.F. —In God's care." - from the Melbourne Argus 19 Jul 1943 (nla.gov.au)
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