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Name	James Lindsay Taylor
Born	25 January, 1901 Alexandria, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	28 June, 1987 (aged 86) Goroka, Eastern Highlands, Papua New Guinea
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Occupation or Descriptor *	soldier (1917-1920) Federal, Australia police officer (1923-1926) New South Wales, Australia patrol officer (1927-1942) Papua New Guinea, Australia explorer (1933-1933) Papua New Guinea, Australia army officer (1942-1946) Federal, Australia public servant (1946-1949) Papua New Guinea, Australia

* Dates are approximate