TAYLOR, Harold Reginald
Service Numbers: | 53567, V255187 |
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Enlisted: | 30 September 1941 |
Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
Last Unit: | No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction |
Born: | Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia , 18 February 1922 |
Home Town: | Burwood, Whitehorse, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Aircraft accident, Western Junction, Tasmania, Australia , 27 January 1944, aged 21 years |
Cemetery: |
Carr Villa Memorial Park, Tasmania Plot B. Row A. Grave 8, Carr Villa General Cemetery, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burwood Methodist Church Memorial Window 1, Evandale No 7 Flying Training School Memorial |
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement 53567 | |
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30 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V255187, 6th Infantry Battalion | |
4 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, No. 7 Elementary Flying Training School Western Junction | |
4 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 53567 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Son of Thomas and Flora Evelyn Taylor of Burwood, Victoria
Collision between Tiger Moth aircraft T5411 & A17-274 of Number 7 Elementary Flying Training School near Western Junction, Tasmania - both pilots were killed, no other crew on board the aircraft: Leading Aircraftman Eric James Holt 431775 was the pilot of A17-274 & Leading Aircraftman Harold Reginald Taylor 53567 was the pilot of T5411