Thomas Kells TAPLIN

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Service Numbers:	290, 459
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
Born:	Patea, South Taranaki, Taranaki, New Zealand, 1871
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Enteric Fever & Hepatic Abscess, No XX General Hospital, Elandsfontein, Western Cape Province, South Africa, 12 July 1902
Cemetery:	Primrose Garden of Remembrance, Gauteng, South Africa
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Sergeant, 290
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Sergeant, 290, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse
17 Jan 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 459, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles, D Sqn 1st NSWMR Embarked Sydney on "Southern Cross" Transport.
30 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 459, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles, Embarked Cape Town. RTA. Disembarked Sydney 1 May 1901.
18 Feb 1902:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 290, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Embarked at Sydney on "Custodian" Transport.
12 Jul 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 290, 1st Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Died in Hospital.

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