Outdoor portrait of 2nd Lieutenant (Lt) Harold Taylor, 16th Battalion, Citizens Military Forces ...

Accession Number P09902.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Photograph
Maker Unknown
Date made c 1913
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Outdoor portrait of 2nd Lieutenant (Lt) Harold Taylor, 16th Battalion, Citizens Military Forces (CMF). Lt Taylor accepted a commission in the Australian Imperial Force in February 1915, serving with the 2nd Battalion at Gallipoli. He then transferred to the 54th Battalion early in 1916, at which time he was promoted captain. He was killed in action on the night of 19-20 July 1916, at Fleurbaix, France.