6th Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Killed In Action
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James William Taylor (SN 457) was born in Ballarat where he attended the Macarthur Street State School. He was a single, 21 year old student at Dookie Agricultural College when he enlisted at Shepparton on February 18th 1915. Posted to the 23rd Battalion, B Company, he embarked from Melbourne on board the Euripides in May and served at Gallipoli from late August. After Gallipoli, in March 1916, he transferred to the 6th Brigade Machine Gun Section and posted to France in May. On November 11th 1916 he was killed in action in France. He is buried at the A.I.F. Burial Ground, Grass Lane, France.
