Frederick Arthur TAYLOR

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TAYLOR, Frederick Arthur

Service Number:	526
Enlisted:	31 October 1916, Keswick, West Torrens, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Company
Born:	London, England, 1893
Home Town:	Kent Town, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Signwriter
Died:	Killed in Action, Broodseinde, Belgium, 4 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Burnside District Fallen Soldiers' Memorial - Rose Park, Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Rowing Club WW1 Pictorial Honour Board, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burnside & District - Fallen Soldiers Memorial Trees - Rose Park, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Tusmore Burnside District Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

31 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, West Torrens, South Australia
22 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 526, 14th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 526, 14th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
4 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 526, 5th Machine Gun Company, Broodseinde Ridge, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 526 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04

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Biography

"...526 Private (Pte) Frederick Arthur Taylor, 14th Machine Gun Company who was a 23 year old signwriter living in Kent Town, South Australia when he enlisted on 31 October 1916. He had been born in London and his parents still resided there. Pte Taylor embarked for overseas from Melbourne on 22 December 1916 aboard HMAT Persic. In May 1917 he joined the 5th Company Machine Gun Corps in Belgium and was killed in action on 4 October 1917. His name is inscribed on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium, with others who have no known grave." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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