Stanley William TAYLOR

TAYLOR, Stanley William

Service Numbers: 10, 3100
Enlisted: 25 August 1914
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 11th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 7 April 1917
Home Town: Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Brisbane State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Postal assistant
Died: Died of wounds, France, 7 April 1917, aged 0 years
Cemetery: Bapaume Communal Cemetery
Bapaume Communal Cemetery, Bapaume, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Laidley Memorial Park Gates, Laidley Memorial Park Gates, Postmaster-General's Dept Qld. WWI
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World War 1 Service

25 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 10, 2nd Light Horse Brigade HQ
24 Sep 1914: Embarked Private, 10, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane
24 Sep 1914: Involvement Private, 10, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 10, 2nd Light Horse Brigade HQ
4 May 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 10, 2nd Light Horse Brigade HQ, Returned to Australia due to cable from Minister of Defence
5 Oct 1915: Involvement Private, 3100, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
5 Oct 1915: Embarked Private, 3100, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane
7 Apr 1917: Involvement Corporal, 3100, 11th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3100 awm_unit: 11th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-04-07

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Stanley William Taylor was the son of William and Isabella (nee Waghorne) Taylor. He was raised in inner city Brisbane. Stanley became a postal clerk after a short stint as a draper.

Stanley spent some time as a cadet in a local militia unit before volunteering for the AIF on the outbreak of World War I in August 1914 along with his brother Norman Claude Taylor. He served with the 2nd Light Horse Brigade in Egypt, training and providing protection for the Suez Canal. He was sent home in May 1915 for personal reasons, presumably to care for his newborn daughter. On his records it states he was returned as per a cable from the Minister of Defence. He had a relationship with the girl's mother but they never married.  

He wasn't long in Australia before he re-enlisted, and joined the same unit as his brother Norman in France- the 11th Field Artillery Brigade.

During the first Battle for Bullecourt he was killed by a shell fragment on Easter Saturday while laying cable with two others just north of Bapaume. He was four days short of his 22nd birthday. His brother Norman, serving nearby, helped have him buried in the Bapaume cemetery. 2nd Lieutenant Claude Norman Taylor was later killed in action during October 1918.

Stanley was awarded the 1914/15 Star, Victory Medal and the British War Medal which were sent to his unmarried spouse and for the benefit of his infant daughter.

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