2433 Leslie John TAYLOR

Date of enlistment	12th July 1915
Rank at enlistment	Private
Company	D Company
Significant events while with the AIF	Killed in Action – Pozieres Hospitalised sick

Buried at Serre Road Cemetery No.2

[See letter from L/Cpl Muir]

Summary of Private Taylor’s WW1 service record, located in the National Archives of Australia. Full details are available online, NAA Series B2455

Date	Location	Event
5th August 1916	France	Killed in Action
26th March 1916	France	Disembarked Marseille
19th March 1916	Egypt	Proceeded to join British Expeditionary Force from Alexandria on the Llandovery Castle
20th February 1916	Egypt	Re-joined Battalion
16th February 1916	Egypt	To Brighton Beach hospital sick – influenza
8th January 1916	Egypt	Taken on Strength, Tel-el-Kabir
25th October 1915	Egypt	Disembarked Alexandria
29th September 1915	Australia	Departed Melbourne on RMS Osterley
3rd August 1915	Australia	Assigned to 5th Reinforcements 22nd Battalion
19th July 1915	Australia	Marched into Broadmeadows depot

 

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