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Place of Birth: Moree, New South Wales, Australia
About Tony Taylor (GC)
- George Anthony Morgan Taylor GC (30 October 1917 – 19 August 1972), known as Tony Taylor, was an Australian vulcanologist awarded the George Cross in 1952 for "conspicuous courage in the face of great danger" during the eruption of Mount Lamington in Papua from January to March 1951.
- Taylor was one of only five Australian civilians directly awarded the George Cross between its institution in 1941 and 1972 when it was replaced in the Australian honours system by the Cross of Valour.
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