TAYLOR, Thomas Sutherland
| Service Number: | VX48517 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 20 Field Company RAE AMF |
| Born: | Terang, Victoria, Australia, 19 February 1917 |
| Home Town: | Terang, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Terang High School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Terang, Victoria, Australia, 26 April 1980, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Terang Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX48517 | |
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| 8 Apr 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX48517, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion, embarked Sydney for Middle East per US NN | |
| 9 Jun 1941: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 1st Australian Corps Headquarters | |
| 17 Mar 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX48517, embarked Middle East for RTA per SS Starthallan | |
| 24 Aug 1944: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, HQ First Army | |
| 10 Oct 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX48517, HQ First Army, embarked for Lae per Taroona | |
| 29 Jun 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX48517, HQ First Army, embarked Brisbane for Lae per Taroona | |
| 20 Dec 1945: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, 20 Field Company RAE AMF | |
| 30 Dec 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX48517, embarked Lae for Brisbane per Duntroon | |
| 16 Jan 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, VX48517 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Corporal Thomas Sutherland Taylor (Service No:VX48517) enlisted in the Army as a Private on 26 July 1942 and embarked for the Middle East from Sydney on 8 April 1941 with 2/23rd Training Battalion. Private Taylor served with 1 Australian Corps in the Middle East and embarked for the RTA on 17 March 1942 on board SS Strathallan. Promoted to Corporal on 24 August 1944, he served in New Guinea (10 October 1944 - 30 December 1945) with 1 Australian Corps and 20 Field Coy. Corporal Taylor was attached to HQ First Australian Army at Discharge on 16 January 1946.
Born in 1917 in Terang Victoria, Tom was the elder son of Thomas (Tom Snr) Emanuel Stanley Taylor (b1891 in Blackwood, Victoria) and Isabelle (Belle) Sutherland (b1891 at Numurkah nr Shepparton, Victoria). Tom Snr (a Dairy Farmer) and Belle married in 1916 and settled in Terang where they raised their family and Tom Snr was a Farmer.
Tom worked on the family farm in Terang as a Farm Hand and was a keen long distance bike rider - winning many trophies. Tom enlisted in the Army in 1940 and was in Melbourne that year when he married Noreen (Norrie) Hefferman (b1907 in Noorat, Victoria) - Norrie lived in Terang where her father was a Dairy Farmer. Following his Discharge in 1946, Tom and Norrie settled in Terang where Tom was a Farm Labourer and Foreman, and assisted on the family farm when his father was unable to do the milking. Norrie died in 1978 and Tom in 1980.
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