Eric James TAYLOR

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Service Number:	2162
Enlisted:	5 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	3rd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Jeweller
Died:	Killed in Action, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 5 August 1915
Cemetery:	Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 1, Row I, Grave 16 Chaplain Rev. G. Robertson officiated, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Lawley - Inglewood War Memorial , West Leederville War Memorial

5 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2162, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
2 Nov 1914:	Involvement Driver, 2162, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1914:	Embarked Driver, 2162, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Fremantle
5 Aug 1915:	Involvement Driver, 2162, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2162 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1915-08-05

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Address at the time of enlistment was Park Road, Mt. Lawley, WA

Son of James C. Taylor of 545 Hay Street, Perth, WA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal