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TAYLOR, James Penny
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3640 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kincardineshire, Scotland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, United Kingdom, 9 April 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery, Beaumetz-les-Cambrai Grave B. 6., Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery, Beaumetz, Picardie, France, Durrington Cemetery, Durrington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 12 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3640, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
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| 12 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3640, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney | |
| 9 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 3640, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3640 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-09 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 31 and the son of Alexander and Elizabeth Gibson Taylor, of “Coronella”, St. Cyrus, Montrose, Scotland.
His brother, Alexander Douglas Taylor, aged 35, also fell. He served with the 14th Field Company, Australian Engineers~ Service Number 14005. He is interred in his home village-in the parish churchyard of St Cyrus Upper in Scotland. Alexander is rememembered on the war memorial there, but curiously, James is not.
St Cyrus or Saint Cyrus (Scots: Saunt Ceerus) formerly Ecclesgreig (from Scottish Gaelic: Eaglais Chiric) is a village in the far south of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.