Derwent Radcliffe VAUGHAN

VAUGHAN, Derwent Radcliffe

Service Numbers: 1754, 1754A
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 Soldiers Memorial Rotunda, Paruna Memory of the Fallen Arch Gates
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World War 1 Service

14 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, 1754, 50th Infantry Battalion
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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Biography contributed

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