Taylor, Harold Burfield

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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

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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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1890

Birth in Enfield -- NSW, Australia 10 August 1890
1890

Birth 10 Aug 1890 at Enfield [ NSW Australia ]
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Early education at Petersham Public School, Petersham, NSW, Australia
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Early education at Sydney Boys High School, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
1915

Assistant Government Analyst at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1 June 1915
1915

Enlisted 16 Sep 1915
1917

Military service as Captain at France --, France 12 December 1917
1917

Military award: M.C. Military Cross on 1917-11-26
1918

Military award: Bar on 1918-03-05
1919

Assistant Government Analyst at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 21 February 1919
1925

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1925
1927

Member of Royal Australian Chemical Institute since 1927
1930

Second Government Analyst at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 1930
1942

Prisoner of War 1942
1946

Government Analyst at Sydney -- NSW, Australia 1 March 1946
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
1966

Death in Concord -Repatriation Hospital- NSW, Australia 15 March 1966

Gender

Male

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