Taylor, Harold Burfield
Person: id 4162
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USyd
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World War I
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Family name
Taylor
Given name(s)
Harold Burfield
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H.B.
Gender
Male
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Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Taylor H.B. : Assistant Government Analyst 1 Jun 1915 - Department of Public Health NSW @ Sydney [ NSW Australia ]Taylor H.B. : Assistant Government Analyst 21 Feb 1919 - Office of the Director General of Public Health @ Sydney [ NSW Australia ]Taylor H.B. : Second Government Analyst 1930 - Department of Public Health NSW @ New South Wales [ NSW Australia ]Taylor H.B. : Government Analyst 1 Mar 1946 - Department of Public Health NSW @ Sydney [ NSW Australia ]
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M.C. and Bar, D.Sc., F.I.C., F.A.C.I. : Captain, 19th Battn., A.I.F., France. Enlisting 16th September and sailing as second-lieutenant in charge of 6th Reinforcements 2nd November, crossed from Egypt to France 16th March, 1916, going immediately into the Line, and later attended Senior Officers School, St. Omer. Fought at Pozieres, Bapaume, Lagnicourt, Second Bullecourt and Passchendaele, where, in command of two companies, he cleared Dairy Wood and Daisy Wood of dangerous German posts. Although slightly wounded five times, served in all engagements and until demobilisation. Promoted lieutenant, 30th June, 19 16; captain, 12th February, 1917. Awarded M.C. 26th November, 1917, and Bar* 5th March, 1918, and Mentioned in Despatches. S.U. Scouts : Acting Captain, continuous military service from 1909 and after the War, Lieutenant-Colonel, O.C., S.U. Regiment; 18th Battn. N.S.W.; Scottish Regiment (30th Battn.). Research Scholar. Early education at Petersham Superior Public School. * Taking with him one officer and ten other ranks he attacked the position and succeeded in capturing it, taking fifteen of the enemy prisoners, wounding numerous others, and putting the remainder to flight.
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As Government Analyst the work of his laboratory staff was wide-ranging: they analysed adulterated food, checked that water was fit for human consumption and even monitored the quality of ink used in post offices. Taylor sat on several committees, one of which set the standard quality for a regular loaf of bread. It was his testimony at trials involving poisoning that brought him greatest prominence. Newspapers relished accounts of how he personally tasted liquids for evidence that they contained strychnine or cyanide. As one account put it, he 'lives as next-door neighbour to death'. FRom AD entry
ADB Entry ID
11828
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Australian War Memorial
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SUU 08/04/1943
