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Bessie Annie Taylor

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Bessie Annie AWMM
  • Surname
    Taylor AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 3 November 1915 AWMM Woolstoncraft, New South Wales AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    J Taylor, 'Ben Ledi', Shurley Road, Wollstonecroft, New South Wales AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 3 November 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 6" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      120 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Temporarily attached to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 20 March 1916.
    Admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital; struck off strength, 7 April 1916.
    Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Runic', 11 April 1916 (Nursing Staff).
    Embarked Melbourne, 19 August 1916; disembarked Suez, 20 September 1916.
    Embarked Alexandria for England, 16 January 1917.
    Proceeded overseas to France, 8 February 1917.
    Posted to 8th General Hospital, 11 February 1917.
    Reported to duty, 39th Casualty Clearing Station, 16 August 1917.
    Reported for duty to 10th Stationary Hospital, 5 September 1917.
    On leave, 8 September 1917; rejoined hospital from leave, 24 September 1917.
    Admitted to 14th General Hospital, Wimmereux, 4 November 1917 (debility); transferred to England, 9 November 1917, and admitted to Southwell Gardens Hospital, Kensington, London.
    Attached to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, for temporary duty, 10 December 1917.
    Admitted to Southwell Gardens Hospital, 15 December 1917 (debility: slight).
    Commenced return to Australia from England on board HT 'Corinthic', 10 January 1918; discharged (medically unfit: neurasthenia), Sydney, 30 November 1918. AWMM
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Death

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