Alan Walker MAUDSLEY

MAUDSLEY, Alan Walker

Service Number: 1837
Enlisted: 31 January 1916
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born: Wolston, Queensland, Australia, 24 December 1892
Home Town: Goomeri, Gympie Regional Council, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Goomeri, Queensland, Australia, 2 July 1964, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Goomeri & District Roll of Honour WW1
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World War 1 Service

31 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1837, 11th Light Horse Regiment
8 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 1837, 11th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
8 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 1837, 11th Light Horse Regiment, RMS Mongolia, Sydney
3 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Moascar
24 Mar 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Romani
24 Jul 1919: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1837, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, ex Suez per HT Dongala
18 Oct 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1837, 4th Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Private Alan Walker Maudsley (Service No:1837) enlisted in January 1916 in the AIF. He served in Egypt (Moascar, Abassia, Montazah, Port Said and Jordan Valley) with 11th Light Horse Regiment and 4th Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron. Private Maudsley completed the Imperial School of Instruction in Zertoun in 1917, and was hospitalised with bronchitis in 1916. He was Discharged in October 1919.

The fourth of ten children, Alan was born in 1892 in Ipswich QLD to Richard Maudsley (b1861 in Cumbria, England) and Maria Jane Walker (b1865 in Ipswich, QLD). Richard emigrated with his parents and siblings in 1866, arriving in Brisbane QLD on board the Queen of the Colonies. Richard (a Labourer) and Maria married in 1886 in Brisbane QLD and settled in Boonara, QLD. Richard was a Grazier on Unduban in Goomeri, QLD until his death in 1928.

Alan worked as a Labourer and on the family property - Unduban - in Goomeri, and in 1920 purchased land in Murgon, QLD. In 1921 in Murgon QLD he married Catherine Barbara Maggie Cobb (b1895 in Bundaberg, QLD). By 1925 the couple had settled in Goomeri, where Alan worked as a Labourer and Farmer until his death in 1964. Catherine died in 1986.

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