Bertram Guy TAYLOR MM

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Service Number:	1248
Enlisted:	22 January 1916, West Maitland
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	34th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1892
Home Town:	Central Bucca, Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
Schooling:	Goulburn Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium XXIII. D. 18.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coffs Harbour Lower Bucca Honour Roll

22 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1248, West Maitland
2 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 1248, 34th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
2 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 1248, 34th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Sydney
20 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 34th Infantry Battalion
17 Jul 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, For gallantry and devotion to duty on the night of 18/19 May 1917 during a heavy bmbardment and raid on the Le Touquet sector with Lance Corporal J. Ham they kept their Lewis gun working. While being bombed by the five enemy who had entered the trench he assisted Lance Corporal Ham in firing on them, and killing three in the trench and the other two on the parapet as they retreated.
13 Oct 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1248, 34th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1248 awm_unit: 34th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-13

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