MAYGAR, Leslie Cecil
| Service Number: | Officer |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Dean Station, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia, 27 May 1868 |
| Home Town: | Longwood, Strathbogie, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Alexandra and Kilmore State Schools, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Grazier |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Palestine, 1 November 1917, aged 49 years |
| Cemetery: |
Beersheba War Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Alexandra Boer War Tablet, Alexandra War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Euroa Telegraph Park, Euroa VC Memorial Park Statues, Euroa War Memorial, Keith Payne VC Memorial Park, Longwood Boer War Memorial, North Bondi War Memorial, Wandong Leslie Cecil Maygar Rose Garden, Wandong War Memorial, Wandong War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
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| 1 Jan 1901: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 20 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 4th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel | |
| 31 Oct 1917: | Wounded Lieutenant Colonel, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Beersheba, GSW (arm) - Amputated | |
| 1 Nov 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Battle of Beersheba, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: awm_died_date: 1917-11-01 |
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Maygar, Leslie Cecil (1868–1917)
by Elyne Mitchell
Leslie Cecil Maygar, soldier and grazier, was born on 27 May 1868 at Dean station, Kilmore, Victoria, seventh child of Edwin Willis Maygar, grazier, and his wife Helen, née Grimshaw, both from Bristol, England. He was named Edgar Leslie Cecil Willis Walker Maygar. His father's family were originally political refugees from Hungary. Leslie was educated at Alexandra and Kilmore State schools and privately. He was nearly 6 ft (183 cm), and had brown hair and later a Kitchener moustache. He, his father and three brothers owned Strathearn station, Euroa. A very fine horseman, Maygar enlisted in the Victorian Mounted Rifles in March 1891.
At the start of the South African War he was not accepted among the first volunteers, owing to a decayed tooth, but went with the 5th (Mounted Rifles) Contingent, arriving in Cape Town in March 1901. For twelve months the contingent was constantly in action, north of Middelburg, East Transvaal, then at Rhenoster Kop, Klippan, Kornfontein and Drivelfontein. It was transferred to Natal in August. At Geelhoutboom, on 23 November, Lieutenant Maygar was awarded the Victoria Cross for rescuing a fellow Victorian whose horse had been shot. With the enemy only 200 yards (183 m) away Maygar dismounted, put the man on his own horse, told him to gallop for the British lines, and ran back under heavy fire. His V.C. was presented by Lord Kitchener. Before returning home in March 1902 he was also mentioned in dispatches.
https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/maygar-leslie-cecil-7539 (adb.anu.edu.au)
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