George William TAYLOR

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TAYLOR, George William

Service Number:	2048
Enlisted:	27 July 1915
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Field Company Engineers
Born:	Birmingham, England, 1878
Home Town:	Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 19 August 1918
Cemetery:	Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Treport, France VII A 3B, Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Haute-Normandie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Breakfast Point War Memorial

World War 1 Service

27 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 2048, 1st Field Company Engineers
6 Sep 1915:	Involvement Sapper, 2048, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
6 Sep 1915:	Embarked Sapper, 2048, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
19 Aug 1918:	Involvement Sergeant, 2048, 1st Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2048 awm_unit: 1st Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-08-19

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Distinguished Conduct Medal

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when working on the construction of a strong point under heavy fire. He took charge when his officer was wounded, and, keeping his men under perfect control, completed the work. He showed great initiative and fearlessness.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 95
Date: 27 June 1918

Military Medal

'In the operations along MENIN ROAD, during the period from 2. a.m. on September 20th to midnight on the same date he was employed on the construction of a strong point in the vicinity of POLYGON WOOD and a communication trench to a neighbouring strong point. About 4.30 a.m. the position was subjected to heavy hostile shelling Corporal TAYLOR assisted very considerably to lay out the communication trench before dawn and placed the men, while everybody in the vicinity was sheltering owing to the intensity of the bombardment. About 6 p.m. the same day the strong point was very heavily shelled for over two hours and Corporal TAYLOR again showed great courage digging out and attending casualties and encouraging men and repeatedly moved along the trench which had by this time been very baadly damaged.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31
Date: 7 March 1918

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