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Spirits of Gallipoli - Jesse Herbert TAYLOR TAYLOR, Jesse Herbert

Spirits of Gallipoli - Jesse Herbert TAYLOR

Spirits of Gallipoli - Jesse Herbert TAYLOR

On Tuesday, 2 February 1915, Jesse Herbert Taylor, 681, enlisted at his local Kogarah office as a lance sergeant in the 19th Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF).

 Ten months later on 15 December 1915, he was killed in action at Gallipoli, and buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery.  It appears that his wooden cross was removed, but no permanent marker was placed.

 It would take more than 94 years for a headstone to be placed on his grave.

 The Gallipoli Photographic Expedition, 2009, (organised by the Spirits of Gallipoli) photographed and checked every AIF headstone and memorial at Gallipoli.

During this process, it was found that Jesse's headstone had never been placed.

 The Office of Australian War Graves (OAWG) and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) were informed.  Just over one month later, a headstone was finally placed on Jesse’s grave.  Written on his headstone were the words that his wife Annie had chosen some 90 years earlier.

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Spirits of Gallipoli - Jesse Herbert TAYLOR
Plot 1, row G, grave 4 (where Jesse was buried)   Plot 1, row G, grave 4, now with Jesse's headstone
Spirits of Gallipoli - Jesse Herbert TAYLOR
Jesse's headstone, July 2009
 
Photos provided by the Office of Australian War Graves and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Spirits of Gallipoli - Jesse Herbert TAYLOR

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