MAYSTON, Malcolm Charles
| Service Number: | 4846 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/14th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, December 1877 |
| Home Town: | Sandringham, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Sth Melbourne State School & Sth Melbourne College, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Photographer |
| Died: | Wounds, County of London War Hospital, Epsom, England, United Kingdom, 23 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot XI, Row F, Grave No. 4 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4846, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4846, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4846, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 8 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Divisional Signal Company | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Field Ambulance | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4846, 2nd/14th Field Ambulance, France – Contused Face & wound Scalp. Epsom Hospital, UK, Hospital Admissions form recorded “died from embolus in floor of 4th ventrical (Paralysis).” | |
| 23 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 4846, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4846 awm_unit: 14th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-02-23 |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 23rd February…… Private Malcolm Charles Mayston was born at South Melbourne, Victoria in 1877.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 23rd January, 1915 as a 38 year old, single, Photographer from Tower House, Sandringham, Victoria.
Private Malcolm Charles Mayston, Service number 4846, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Wiltshire (A18) on 7th March, 1916 with the 7th Infantry Battalion, 15th Reinforcements.
On 17th April, 1916 he was transferred to 5th Pioneer Battalion from 7th Battalion & was taken on strength of 5th Pioneer Battalion at Ferry Post on 26th April, 1916.
He embarked from Alexandria on 19th June, 1916 on Transport Canada to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force). He disembarked at Marseilles, France on 25th June, 1916.
Private Mayson was transferred to 5th Divisional Signal Company on 7th August, 1916 as Sapper. He was attached to 5th Divisional Signal Company from 5th Pioneer Battalion on 8th August, 1916 in France.
He was transferred to 14th Field Ambulance on 6th October, 1916 for duty.
On 23rd December, 1916 Private Mayston was sent sick to Hospital with an accidental injury. He was admitted to 36th Casualty Clearing Station on 23rd December, 1916 with “Contus Wd Face” (Contusion wound to face) then transferred & admitted to 2nd L. Casualty Clearing Station on 25th December, 1916 with “acc. inj scalp.” Private Mayston was transferred to Ambulance Train on 29th December, 1916 & admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital at Rouen, France on 30th December, 1916. He was transferred to England on Hospital Ship St Patrick on 13th January, 1917.
The C.O. of 5th Australian Divisional Signal Company certified in a statement that Private Mayston had been injured on 23rd December, 1916 in the Field in the course of AMC (Army Medical Corps) detail routine duties & no blame could be attached to the soldier.
Private Mayston was admitted to Horton County of London War Hospital, England on 15th January, 1917 with G.S.W. (gunshot wound/s) to head – severe. He was transferred to Epsom War Hospital on 25th January, 1917 – dangerously ill.
Private Malcolm Charles Mayston died at 11.20 am on 23rd February, 1917 at County of London War Hospital, Epsom, England from wounds received in action in France – Contused Face & wound Scalp. The Hospital Admissions form recorded “died from embolus in floor of 4th ventrical (Paralysis).”
He was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England (Australian Military Burial Ground) where around 360 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/mac---mon.html
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