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VAUGHAN, Derwent Radcliffe
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 1754, 1754A |
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Enlisted: | 14 March 1916 |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Leeds Yorkshire West Riding, England, 23 September 1880 |
Home Town: | Loxton (SA), Loxton Waikerie, South Australia |
Schooling: | Olivers Mount Scarborough School, Yorkshire |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Messines Ridge Flanders, Belgium, 11 June 1917, aged 36 years |
Cemetery: |
St. Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery Plot II, Row R, Grave 20 |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Loxton Paruna District Great War Roll of Honor, Loxton Soldiers Memorial Rotunda, Loxton and District Great War Roll of Honor, Paruna Browns Well & District Memory of the Fallen Arch Gates |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 1754, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
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11 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1754, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
11 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1754, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Adelaide | |
11 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1754A, 50th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1754A awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-11 |
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Derwent Radcliffe VAUGHAN was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England on 23rd September, 1880
His parents were William Thomas VAUGHAN & Priscilla Tyndale RADCLIFFE
He married Fanny Wilson PETCH in 1904 in Beverley, Yorkshire, England