James (Jim) TAYLOR MM, MM*

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Service Numbers:	526, 526A
Enlisted:	15 December 1914
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Thornborough, Queensland, Australia, 13 May 1891
Home Town:	Wolfram, Tablelands, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Cairns, Queensland, Australia, 18 January 1946, aged 54 years
Cemetery:	Cairns (General) Cemetery, Queensland Section: MES Row: K3 Site: 5043
Memorials:

15 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 526
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 526, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 526, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
22 Jan 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, For gallantry and devotion to duty at Flers on 5/6 November 1916 in collecting wounded continuously for 36 hours, in no man's land, under heavy shelling and machine gun fire.
4 Jun 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 25th Infantry Battalion
12 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 26th Infantry Battalion
24 Jan 1919:	Honoured Military Medal and bar, The Battle of Amiens, For gallantry and leadership at Vauvillers, near Amiens on 9 August 1918 when in charge of stretcher bearers, this N.C.O. went out numerous times under very heavy machine gun fire bringing in wounded. Again, during an attack on 10 August he was responsible for bringing in all the wounded in a very short time under close range rifle and machine gun fire. He went out twice with another man, to almost an enemy post in in daylight, to bring in two wounded under machine gun fire and sniping, crawling most of the way.
27 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 526A, 26th Infantry Battalion

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