MAGUIRE, William Murray
| Service Number: | 5822 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, January 1887 |
| Home Town: | Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | King Edward VI Grammar School, Southampton, England |
| Occupation: | Selection Manager |
| Died: | Illness (Acute meningitis), Fargo Military Hospital, Salisbury Plain, England, United Kingdom, 8 December 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire Grave No. 126 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5822, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5822, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles William and Margaret Murray Maguire.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE IN FREEDOM
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 8th December…… William Murray Maguire was born around 1887 in England. According to information he supplied on his Attestation Papers he was born at Southampton, however information supplied by his older brother – Charles, William was born at Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 17th February, 1916 as single, 29 years old & in the Farming industry from c/- Mrs Sherwin, The Springs, Yaamba, N.C. Line, Queensland when he enlisted at Rockhampton, Queensland.
Private William Murray Maguire, Service number 5822, embarked from Brisbane, Queensland on HMAT Seang Choon (A49) on 4th May, 1916 & disembarked at Suez on 25th June, 1916.
On 6th August, 1916 Private Maguire embarked from Alexandria with British Expeditionary Forces on H.M.T. Megantic.
He was admitted to Military Hospital at Bulford, Wiltshire on 18th August, 1916 with Bronchitis. Private Maguire was marched into 4th Training Battalion at Rollestone, Wiltshire on 2nd September, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
On 22nd November, 1916 Private Maguire was admitted to Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire with Asthma. He was reported seriously ill on 30th November, 1916.
Private William Murray Maguire died at 9.35 a.m. on 8th December, 1916 at Fargo Military Hospital, Wiltshire from Acute Meningitis/ Acute Bronchitis*. (Some records state Acute Meningitis, other records state Acute Bronchitis – unfortunately there is no Hospital Admission form contained in Private Maguire’s file – which would have the accurate cause of death, although one form completed by a Medical Officer states cause of death as Bronchitis (acute)).
He was buried in Durrington Cemetery, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/k---mc.html
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