Harold Taylor | |
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 Brigadier Harold Taylor in 1941 | |
| Born | 10 August 1890 Enfield, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 15 March 1966 (aged 75) Concord, New South Wales, Australia |
| Allegiance | Australia |
| Service | Australian Army |
| Years of service | 1909–1946 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Commands | 22nd 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 | |
| Awards | Military Cross & Bar Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration |
| Other work | Analytical 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.