Cyril Ashdown WAGHORN

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WAGHORN, Cyril Ashdown

Service Number:	3933
Enlisted:	14 August 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Emmaville, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales
Schooling:	Stanmore Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Salesman
Died:	Killed in action, France, 5 November 1916
Cemetery:	Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension Plot II, Row M, Grave 23. HIS DUTY DONE IN THY HANDS O FATHER WE LEAVE HIS DEPARTED SPIRIT
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Emmaville Public School WW1 Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

14 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3933, 4th Infantry Battalion
30 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 3933, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
30 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 3933, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney
5 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 3933, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3933 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-05

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Cyril Waghorn was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Sophia Waghorn of Petersham, New South Wales. His father had passed away in 1911 and his widowed mother died in 1920.

Cyril’s younger brother, 335 Cpl. John Roy Waghorn was an original member of the 18th Battalion, serving at Gallipoli and was killed in action at Second Bullecourt on 3 May 1917, aged 22.

Cyril was reported missing near Goudecourt on 5 November 1916, and then a month later his name appeared on a German death list. It seems he was badly wounded and was captured by the Germans, but he died of his wounds shortly after and was buried by the Germans in Beugny Cemetery. His grave was eventually found in Beugny during 1923 by the Imperial War Graves Commission and his body was reinterred in the Achiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension.

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