TAYLOR, Kevin James
| Service Number: | SX18469 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 May 1942, Wayville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 17 June 1922 |
| Home Town: | Woodville, Charles Sturt, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Timekeeper |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 29 December 1983, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Catholic F/Path 26/2130 The South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 9 May 1942: | Involvement Corporal, SX18469 | |
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| 9 May 1942: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
| 9 May 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX18469 | |
| 14 May 1946: | Discharged | |
| 14 May 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, SX18469 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Corporal Kevin James Taylor (Service No:SX18469) enlisted in the AIF on 9 May 1942 as a Private attached to 108 Anti Tank Regiment. Corporal Taylor was attached to 29 Australian Anti Tank Battery at Discharge on 14 May 1946. Brother Frank also served in WWII.
Kevin was born in 1922 in Adelaide, South Australia, third of four children of Augustine James Taylor (b1892 in Gilberton, South Australia) and Hannah Jane Higgins (b1887 in Mitcham Park, South Australia). Augustine and Hannah married in 1918 in Adelaide, where they settled and raised their family and Augustine was a Gardener.
Kevin was working in Adelaide as a Timekeeper in 1942 when he enlisted in the Army and, following his Discharge, was working as a Carrier in Adelaide in 1950 when he married Phyllis Josephine Brady (b1924 at Henley Beach, Adelaide, South Australia). Kevin and Phyllis settled in Adelaide, where they raised their family. Kevin died in 1983 and Phyllis in 2009.
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