BORN HULL 1888. SON OF FREDERICK R. TAYLOR & CLARA ANN TAYLOR, OF 9 BARRINGTON AVENUE, CLIFTON ROAD, HORNSEA. EDUCATED AT THE GRAMMAR SCHOOLS IN POCLINGTON AND EASINGWOLD. WAS CONNECTED WITH THE CORN TRADE IN HULL HIGH STREET, WHERE HE WAS WELL KNOWN.
EMIGATED TO AUSTRALIA AND ARRIVED IN BRISBANE, ON 04/06/1914. WORKED AS A LABOURER. ENLISTED AT BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA, ON 25/09/1915, AGED 27 YEARS AND 8 MONTHS. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 8 INCHES TALL, 10 STONE & 10 LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST, GREY EYES, LIGHT BROWN HAIR, TATTOO OF BUTTERFLY ON HIS RIGHT ARM AND A BIRD TATTOO ON HIS LEFT ARM. TRANSFERRED FROM THE 9TH TO THE 47TH AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCE, ON 22/03/1916. ARRIVED IN FRANCE ON 09/06/1916. ADMITTED TWICE TO HOSPITAL WITH INFLUENZA. WOUNDED BY A BULLET IN THE RIGHT ARM, ON 08/06/1917. SENT TO REST CAMP IN BOULONGE, WHERE HE WENT ABSENT TWICE AND FINED A LOSS OF PAY. REJOINED UNIT ON 27/07/1917. REPORTED MISSING/KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/10/1917.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE COTTINGHAM WAR MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 10/04/1918.
HE LEFT £318 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER, CLARA ANN TAYLOR. HIS PROBATE ADDRESS WAS GLENFERN, MORAYFIELD, NORTH COAST LINE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA.
