GAUGHAN, Robert William
| Service Number: | 4334 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Coburg, Vic., 1884 |
| Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Open finding by Coroner but most likely suicide as he shot Himself in the head either by accident or deliberately, Moorine Rock, WA, 12 December 1930 |
| Cemetery: |
Southern Cross Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4334, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
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| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 4334, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 4334, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 4334, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 4334, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
SHOOTING TRAGEDY AT MOORINE ROCK.
A distressing tragedy occurred at Moorine Rock on Friday morning, December 12, when William Gaughan, 45, single, was found lying in the bush north of the railway line, dying from the effects of a rifle wound in the bead, the weapon (a .22 bore pea rifle) also lying on him. He was conveyed by friends to Mr T. Hodgson's residence on the Moorine Rock Road but died about an hour after. He was an employee of the G.W.S., being stationed at Nulla. The previous evening he had ridden on his bicycle to Moorine Rock and had tea at Mr Hodgson's, and in consequence of the storm that night stayed there till next morning. As the deceased did not return to have breakfast before proceeding to his work at Nulla, Mr Hodgson became anxious and along with Mr F. Driver went in search of the deceased with the result described. The body was subsequently removed to the morgue, Southern Cross, and the matter was reported to the Deputy Coroner (Mr J. H, Stubbs). The funeral took place on Saturday at the Southern Cross Cemetery.
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