WAGHORN, John Roy
| Service Number: | 335 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 March 1915, An original member of A Company |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Emmaville, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Annandale Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed in action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Emmaville Public School WW1 Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 335, 18th Infantry Battalion, An original member of A Company | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 335, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 335, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 335, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 335 awm_unit: 18 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Roy 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.
John’s older brother, 3933 Pte. Cyril Ashdown Waghorn 1st Battalion AIF, had been killed in action in France on 5 November 1916, aged 27.
John was an original member of the 18th Battalion and was lucky to survive the units first few weeks at Gallipoli during August 1915. He was evacuated from Gallipoli with jaundice during October 1915.
On the Western Front in 1916 he survived the Pozieres fighting and spent much of the winter being treated for septic sores. He was promoted to Corporal a few weeks before he was reported as killed in action at Second Bullecourt on 3 May 1917. He was a member of a Lewis Gun team which was hit by a shell, killing three of the group.