[2] The son of Joseph Thomas Taylor (1873-1947), and Mary Christina Taylor (1874-1948), née Detlefsen,[3] Albert Ernest Taylor was born at Corowa, New South Wales on 2 June 1911.

Taylor was a tall (6ft 7in), left-footed ruckman, recruited from the Finley Football Club in the Murray Football League.

[10][11] Taylor enlisted in the Australian Militia in February 1942.

He was discharged in December 1942, on the grounds that, as a farmer, he had a reserved occupation.

[13] He died (suddenly) at his residence in Bendigo, Victoria, on 30 May 1978.