Geburtsdatum: 21/11/1887

Geburtsort: Epsom, Surrey, England, Vereinigtes Königreich

Beruf: Landwirt / Bauman / Ökonom

Land: Australia

Truppe: Australian Imperial Force

Rang: Gunner

Dienstnummer: 10589

Einberufung datum: 13/07/1915

Einberufung ort: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Einheiten:  —  Australian Field Artillery, 50th Bty. 13th Bde.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Sterbedatum: 05/10/1917

Sterbeort: Nonne Bosschen, Belgien

Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen

Alter: 29

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

Gunner Harry Taylor, a 29-year-old farmer from Foster, Victoria, who was killed in action on the 5th of October 1917. Harry had been born in Epsom, Surrey, but immigrated to Australia. In the summer of 1915 Harry enlisted in Melbourne. Over two years later he served as a gunner at Passchendaele with the 50th Battery, part of the 13th Brigade Australian Field Artillery.

Harry had already been injured in on the 14th of August 1917 and had been treated at Le Havre and Rouelles before re-joining the battery only the day before on the 4th October 1917. On the 5th the battery was positioned just north of Glencorse wood in front of the Nonne Bosschen. The war diary states that one man was killed on this day and we can presume this was Harry Taylor. Eyewitness accounts taken from his comrades tell us that on this day Harry’s gun was directly hit by a German shell killing him instantly.

His remains then transported back to Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery where he was laid to rest in Plot IV, Row H, Grave 6.

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Weitere Quellen

Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/P10868236 Verwendete Quellen

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/143335/taylor,-harry/ Verwendete Quellen

The Long, Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Verwendete Quellen

War Diary Royal Australian Field Artillery, 50th Bty. https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338583 Verwendete Quellen