Topic: AIF - 3B - 10 LHR
10th LHR, AIF
10th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Roll of Honour
Victor Sewell Taylor
A brief military biography of Victor Sewell Taylor
Address: Pingelly, Western Australia.
Conflict: 1914-1918.
Embarkation Age : 28.
Embarkation details: Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 13 October 1915.
Embarkation Roll number: 10/15/2.
Embarkation Unit name: 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment, 10th Reinforcement.
Enlistment date: 5 August 1915.
Fate: Killed in Action 23 December 1916.
Marital status: Single.
Next of kin: Mother, Mrs Justina Wybourne Taylor, “Mil Mia”, St Georges Terrace, Perth, Western Australia.
Occupation: Farmer.
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial: 8.
Place of birth: Pingelly, Western Australia.
Place of death or wounding: Magdhaba, Sinai Peninsular, Egypt.
Place of burial: Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row A, Grave No. 196), Egypt.
Previous military service: Served with the 25th Australian Light Horse, Citizen Military Forces.
Rank at death: Lance Corporal [L Cpl].
Rank on enlistment: Private.
Regimental number: 1348.
Religion: Church of England.
School: Home schooling.
Unit from Nominal Roll: 10th Australian Light Horse Regiment.
War Grave Register notes: 1348 lance Corporal Victor Sewell TAYLOR, 10th Australian Light Horse. Killed in action 23rd December 1916. Age 28. Son of the late John Norris Taylor and Susannah Taylor. A. 196.
Lest we forget
Sources Used:
National Archives Service File.
Embarkation Roll, AWM8, Class 10, Light Horse.
Nominal Roll, AWM133, Nominal Roll of Australian Imperial Force who left Australia for service abroad, 1914-1918 War.
Roll of Honour, AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
CWGC files, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Debt of Honour Register.
Collected Records of Steve Becker.
Further Reading:
10th Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
10th Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
The Battle of Magdhaba, Sinai, December 23, 1916, Roll of Honour, Australia and New Zealand
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1920
Citation: 10th LHR, AIF, Roll of Honour, Victor Sewell Taylor