'This N.C.O. has shown conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at all times, and particularly during the operations the Battalion was engaged in during the month of October, 1917. On all occasions during the fighting he personally conducted the rations for his Company, from the rear area to the men in the front line, and saw them distributed. Through his vigorous action and personal ;supervision, all available supplies of food and comforts reached the men of his Company, who were thus enabled to carry on under extremely trying conditions.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 173
Date: 7 November 1918

Regimental number	1913
Place of birth	New South Wales
School	Public School, New South Wales
Religion	Church of England
Occupation	Accountant
Address	Perth, Western Australia
Marital status	Married
Age at embarkation	36
Next of kin	Wife, Mrs Maria Lousia Taylor, 52 Vincent Street, Nth Perth, Western Australia
Previous military service	Nil
Enlistment date	21 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll	26 April 1916
Rank on enlistment	Private
Unit name	44th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number	23/61/2
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 9 August 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll	Company Quartermaster Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll	44th Battalion
Fate	Died of wounds 29 May 1918
Place of death or wounding	Villers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death	38
Age at death from cemetery records	38
Place of burial	Crouy British Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No. 8), Crouy-Sur-Somme, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial	138
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records	Parents: William and Eliza Frances TAYLOR; husband of Maria L. TAYLOR, 52 Vincent Street, Mount Lawley, Western Australia. Native of New South Wales
Medals	Meritorious Service Medal 'This N.C.O. has shown conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at all times, and particularly during the operations the Battalion was engaged in during the month of October, 1917. On all occasions during the fighting he personally conducted the rations for his Company, from the rear area to the men in the front line, and saw them distributed. Through his vigorous action and personal ;supervision, all available supplies of food and comforts reached the men of his Company, who were thus enabled to carry on under extremely trying conditions.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 173 Date: 7 November 1918
Other details	War service: Western Front Medals: Meritorious Service Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Alfred James Robert TAYLOR