Regimental number | 3104 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Malmsbury, Victoria |
School | Scotch College, Melbourne, Victoria |
Occupation | Bank clerk |
Address | Bank of New South Wales, Moree, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 34 |
Next of kin | D Maughan, Bank of New South Wales, Moree, New South Wales |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 2nd Battalion, 10th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/19/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | 2nd Lieutenant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 14th Brigade Machine Gun Company |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Joined the Bank of New South Wales, Albury branch, 24 July 1899 (appointed ledger keeper, 1905; teller, 1907). Transferred to Maldon branch, 1908; to Newcastle branch, 1910; to Inverell branch, 1911; to Glen Innes branch, 1912 (subsequently accountant). |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Polygon Wood, Ypres Belgium |
Age at death | 34 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 34 |
Place of burial | Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery (Plot II, Row I, Grave No. 12), Ypres, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 178 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: David and Magdalena Knox MAUGHAN, Moree, New South Wales. Native of Malmsbury, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Major John Malbon MAUGHAN DSO, 20th Bn, returned to Australia, 10 January 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Shot through the heart by a sniper, Polygon Wood, Belgium. Captain William Thomas DICK, 14th Machine Gun Company, was killed in attempting to retrieve MAUGHAN's body, which had remained unburied for two days. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | 'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p.p. 259-60. |