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TAYLOR, Albert Edward Victor
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 132 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 10th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 16 December 1887 |
| Home Town: | Echuca, Campaspe, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Telephone Mechanic |
| Died: | Infection, Gardenvale, 28 May 1976, aged 88 years |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: | Echuca St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Great War Roll of Honor, Echuca War Memorial, Hawthorn Postmaster General's Department Victoria 1 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 May 1916: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 132, 10th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 May 1916: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 132, 10th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne | |
| 22 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 10th Machine Gun Company | |
| 23 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Honoured Military Medal, Battle of Messines | |
| 10 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 10th Machine Gun Company | |
| 3 Nov 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 10th Machine Gun Company | |
| 26 May 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 132, Hit by shrapnel and Gassed. Evacuated to England for recovery. |
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