6th Infantry Battalion
Killed In Action
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Leslie Edward Taylor (SN 865) was born in Ballarat and attended the Urquhart Street State School. He was 24 years old, single, and employed as a miner when he enlisted on August 17th 1914. As a member of the 6th Battalion he took part in the Landing at Anzac Cove in the second wave ashore on April 25th 1915. In the confusion of the landing, he was reported as missing, but a Court of Enquiry in June determined that he had been killed in action on April 25th. With no known grave, his death is recorded on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.
