Taylor, Allan Henry
SURNAME
Taylor
NAME
Allan Henry
PLACE OF BIRTH
Ingham, QLD
OCCUPATION
Labourer
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Cairns, QLD
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
4/11/1916
NEXT OF KIN
(mother) Mrs Ada Elizabeth Young, Mossman via Port Douglas
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Lived Saltwater, via Port Douglas
REGIMENT 1
49th Battalion AIF
RANK
Private
KILLED IN ACTION
Yes. Died at sea 15/2.17
OTHER INFORMATION
Private Allan Henry Taylor was Awarded the 14/15/ Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
STORY OUTLINE
Private Allan Henry Taylor was a very unlucky young man. His father was dead, his mother remarried and he had step siblings. His mother was Mrs Ada Elizabeth Young, Saltwater via Mossman. He enlisted in Cairns at the age of 18 on 4 November 1916.
He asked for ten days leave to fix up land with the Mill and visit his parents; leave was granted for 29 December until 8 January 1917. His unit embarked from Sydney on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 24 January 1917.
He was admitted to the ship’s hospital on 5/02/17 and died of spinal meningitis 15/02/17.
He was Buried at Sea as there was fear of infection.
Some private belongings were returned to his mother. Commemoration details: Hollybrook Memorial, Southhampton England; Roll of Honour Australian War Memorial, Panel 149.
SERVICE NO
3454
