TAYLOR, Robert Johnston Caddell
| Service Number: | 141 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sebastapol, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 16 August 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 141, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 141, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 141, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 4 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 141, 6th Infantry Battalion, embarked from Suez for Melbourne on board the Ceramic | |
| 2 Aug 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 141, 6th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Robert Johnston Caddell Taylor (Service No:141) initially served in the AIF from 18 August 1914 to 2 August 1915, and was attached to 6th Infantry Battalion on 19 October 1914 when he embarked with his Unit from Melbourne for the Middle East on board HMAT A20 Hororata. On 4 May 1915, Private Taylor embarked from Suez for Melbounre on board HT Ceramic, and was Discharged (Medically Unfit) on 2 August 1915. Private Taylor re enlisted on 4 August 1915 and was attached to 39th Infantry Battalion when he was Medically Boarded and Discharged on 12 May 1916.
Robert was born in Sebastapol in Ballarat, Victoria in 1895, sixth of eight children of Richard Taylor (b1855 in Melbourne, Victoria) and Mary Ann Caddill (b1859 in Melbourne, Victoria). Richard (a Police Constable; No:3194) and Mary married in Melbourne in 1883, and lived in Ballarat and Melbourne where they raised their family and Richard worked as a Police Constable and Watchman.
Robert worked as an Engineer in Melbourne before enlisting in the AIF, and was a Railways Employee in Melbourne in 1919 when he married Beatrice Adelaide Kosky (b1897 in Melbourne, Victoria). Robert and Beatrice lived in Ararat and Melbourne, where Robert worked for the Railways. Beatrice died in 1954 and Robert in 1969.
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