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James William TAYLOR

Regimental number457
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
SchoolMacarthur St State School; Central Richmond State School, Victoria
Other trainingDookie Agricultural College, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationStudent
Address104 Park Street, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinDavid R Taylor, 104 Park Street, St Kilda, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date1 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll18 February 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name23rd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/40/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
FateKilled in Action 8 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialA.I.F. Burial Ground (Plot X, Row L, Grave No. 3), Grass Lane, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
179
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David Rodger and Alice TAYLOR, 104 Park Street, St. Kilda, Victoria. Native of Ballarat, Victoria

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