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TAYLOR, John Thomas Rowland
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5081 |
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Enlisted: | 11 January 1916, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane ,Queensland. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 29 August 1895 |
Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Grocer |
Died: | Natural Causes , Brisbane, Queensland Australia, 22 June 1973, aged 77 years |
Cemetery: |
Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery & Crematorium, Brisbane 3 ANZAC, Grave No 92. |
Memorials: | Logan Village District Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5081, 25th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment, Brisbane ,Queensland. | |
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4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5081, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5081, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
23 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 69th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
20 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
29 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 25th Infantry Battalion, GSW to Right Hand | |
21 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5081, 25th Infantry Battalion, Invalided to Australia Injured Ankle. |
Personal Stories
Logan Village Museum
John was born 39th August 1895 in Brisbane. He was working in the Logan Village area at the time of his enlistment in WW1. zxsHis parents were John Sidney Taylor and Elizabeth nee Pyrah.
He is listged on the Logan Village District Roll of Honour and also the Logan Village Museum Roll of Honour.
He was still in France in the field on Armistice Day 1918.
Submitted 8 March 2023 by Coralyn Cowin