John Taggart STAINBANK DCM

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STAINBANK, John Taggart

Service Number:	1016
Enlisted:	19 October 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	43rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Parkside, South Australia , 12 October 1884
Home Town:	Montacute, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Malvern College, South Australia
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 31 July 1917, aged 32 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

19 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1016, Adelaide, South Australia
9 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1016, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
9 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1016, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
31 Jul 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1016, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1016 awm_unit: 43rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-07-31

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal

"For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in endeavouring to dig out four men of his platoon who had been buried in a trench under heavy lachrymatory gas attack. The position was under continuous shell fire the whole time, and although badly gassed himself, he carried out his duties with the greatest devotion, and set a splendid example to his platoon."

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