Harold Burfield Taylor

Harold Taylor
Brigadier Harold Taylor in 1941
Born	(1890-08-10)10 August 1890 Enfield, New South Wales, Australia
Died	15 March 1966(1966-03-15) (aged 75) Concord, New South Wales, Australia
Allegiance	Australia
Service/branch	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	First World War Western Front Second World War Malayan campaign Fall of Singapore
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.