ANZAC Heroes | Great War 1914 – 1918

Bunbury – Wellington District Western Australia

TAYLOR, Frederick Walter

Full Name: Frederick Walter

TAYLOR

Date of Birth: 01

–

1873

Place of birth: Williamstown VIC

Australia

Occupation: Coal Miner

Address: Cardiff Collie WA

Next of Kin: Wife- Elizabeth Taylor

Next of Kin Address: Cardiff Collie WA

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 2833A

Rank: Lance Corporal

Unit/Division: 51st Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-08-10

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

Western Australia

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1915-11-02

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-11-26

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: KILLED IN ACTION

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Pozieres, FRANCE

Age at Death: 43

Burial Location: Inscription Villers Brettoneux Memorial France – No Known Grave

23/07/1915- Date of signed original Attestation form
3/08/1915 – Completed Medical Examination, Collie, WA
10/08/1915- To 22 Depot Company Blackboy Hill Camp WA as Private
16/10/1915- To 28th Battalion 6th Reinforcements, Blackboy Hill Camp, WA
02/11/1915- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard “Ulysses” bound for Egypt
26/11/1915- Disembarked Alexandria to 7th Training Battalion Zeitoun
3/03/1916- Transferred 51st Battalion in the field Tel-el-Kebir Egypt
5/06/1916- Embarked Alexandria Egypt with British Expeditionary Forces bound for Marseilles France
12/06/1916- Disembarked Marseilles France ex Alexandria Egypt
10/07/1916- Appointed  LANCE CORPORAL  in the field France
3/09/1916- Reported  MISSING  IN  ACTION  France
3/09/1916- Reported  KILLED  IN  ACTION  Pozieres, France (Memorial Cross erected 27d 3.3, 57d S.E ).

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

1914/1915 Star No. 23070

British War Medal No. 23700

Victory Medal No. 23532

Memorial Plaque/Scroll No. 317225.

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Collie War Memorial WA

Collie Coal Company Limited Employees Honour Roll WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT Panel No. 154

Villers-Brettoneux War Memorial France.

 

AUTHORS NOTES:-

Soldiers Christian Name is incorrectly spelt as Fredrick on National Archives of Australia service records.

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