John Taylor (1914 - 1989)

Born 25 Nov 1914 in Jerilderie, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Son of John Searle Rakowski and Elizabeth (Taylor) Bren

Husband of Alice Amelia (Esam) Taylor — married 22 Sep 1945 in Surrey Hills, Victoria, Australia

Died 10 Mar 1989 at age 74 in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Neil Taylor [send private message]

Biography

Private John Taylor served in the Australian Army in World War II
Service started: 25 June 1940
Unit(s): 2/24 AUSTRALIAN INFANTRY BATTALION
Service ended: 5 Sep 1945

John Taylor was a Prisoner of War during World War II.

John was born in 1914. He married Alice Esam in 1945. He passed away in 1989 and is interred at Pine Lodge Cemetery, Shepparton East, Victoria, in location Area: Callistemon Glen Site no: 436.

Sources

• New South Wales BDM, Birth Registration, 43652/1914

TAYLOR JOHN 43652/1914 ELIZABETH JERILDERIE

• Victoria BDM, Marriage Registration, 10750 / 1945

Event: marriages Registration number 10750 / 1945 Family name: TAYLOR Given name(s) John Personal detail Spouse's family name: ESAM Spouse's given name(s) Alice Amelia

• Victoria BDM, Death Registration, 6969 / 1989

Event: deaths Registration number 6969 / 1989 Family name: TAYLOR Given name(s) John Place of event: Shepparton, Australia Personal detail Mother's nameTaylor, Elizabeth Mother's family name at birth Taylor Father's Name:Unknown, Unknown

• Find A Grave Memorial - https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/152278707/john-taylor

• National Archives of Australia, Military Records - https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=6128791

• Paternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Neil Taylor and John Rakowski, his half 1st cousin . Their most-recent common ancestor is John Rakowski, the grandfather of both Neil Taylor and John Rakowski. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: Half 1st Cousin, based on sharing 450 cM across 14 segments.