Harold Burfield Taylor

Harold Taylor
Brigadier Harold Taylor in 1941
Born(1890-08-10)10 August 1890
Enfield, New South Wales, Australia
Died15 March 1966(1966-03-15) (aged 75)
Concord, New South Wales, Australia
AllegianceAustralia
Service / branchAustralian Army
Years of service1909–1946
RankBrigadier
Commands22nd Brigade (1940–42)
5th Brigade (1939–40)
30th Battalion (1935–39)
18th Battalion (1929–33)
Sydney University Regiment (1927–29)
Sydney University Scouts (1926–27)
Battles / wars
AwardsMilitary Cross & Bar
Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration
Other workAnalytical chemist

Brigadier Harold Burfield Taylor, MC & Bar, VD (10 August 1890 – 15 March 1966) was an analytical chemist and an Australian Army officer who served in the First and the Second World Wars. A junior officer in the First World War, during the Second World War he was commander of the 22nd Infantry Brigade during the Japanese invasion of Malaya. Captured along with many of his fellow soldiers following the fall of Singapore, he spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of war. In civilian life, he was an analyst for the government and an expert in poisons, often called upon to give evidence in criminal trials involving poisoning.