Charles John TAYLOR
Surname: TAYLOR
Christian Names: Charles John
Date & Place of Birth: 24/2/1895 Lockwood Farm, Brownlow, K.I.
Given Name(s): Charles John
Last Name: TAYLOR
Birth Date: 1895, February 24
Gender: M
Father: William Skea TAYLOR
Mother: Mary Ann CALNAN
Birth Place/Residence: Queenscliffe
District: Yankalilla
Symbol:
Book/Page: 566/263
Service Number: 3056
Service Unit: 16th Battalion
Date & Place of Enlistment: 29/6/15 Keswick
Profession prior to Enlistment: Boot maker
Embarkation: 14-9-15 “Ballarat”
Nature of Casualty:
Wounded 10/8/16 in France – Shell shock
4/7/18 during battle of Hamel – in Vaire-Hamel Wood
Date Died of Wounds: 4/7/18
Place Died of Wounds: At 13th Field Ambulance Station, near Corbie, France
Buried : Villers-Brettoneux Military Cemetery (Plot XII, Row F, Grave #3)
Other
Mother signed letter allowing him to enlist
Service
Egypt:
Disembarked Alexandria 4/11/15
Disembarked Alexandria 30/12/15
Gallipoli:
Disembarked 13/11/15 Evacuated 20/12/15
France:
Embarked Alexandria 1/6/16 Disembarked Marseilles 9/6/16
Rank : Private
Kingscote Honour Board
Kingscote Monument
Penneshaw Honour Board
Penneshaw Memorial
KI CONNECTION:
Family
Grandson of Charles Calnan, great grandson of Jeremiah & Mary Ann Calnan arrived ‘Africaine’ 1836.
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Gravestone of Charles John Taylor at Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery and picture of Cemetery.
Photos May 2017: Compliments of Gordon Ings ex RAAF