Virtual
War Memorial
Australia

Son of Robert & Maud Mary MACGUIRE
of Platform St, Lidcombe 

SAPPER WM. MACGUIRE.
Mrs. MacGuire, of 'Kelvingrove,' Platform-street, Lidcombe, has been officially advised that her son, Sapper William MacGuire, was killed in action in France on 21st December. The poor woman, whose husband died seven years ago, has been in very delicate health, and the sad news of ths death of her eldest son, who was her main support, has completely prostrated her. Deceased, who was a sturdy little Scotch lad, having been born in Edinburgh, was 20 years of age, and in his last letter to his mother he said he was looking forward to his 21st birthday when he would be a man. He left for the front on 12th May, 1915, and whilst in Egypt volunteers were called for to do sapping and he was one who volunteered and was accepted. He was sent to Gallipoli and he went through the campaign there without a scratch. After the evacuation he went to France and was also fortunate in going through the big push without injury. In his letters home he always wrote in a cheerful strain. He had plenty of hard work to do, but there seemed no possibility of getting a spell. He had not had a day off during the whole time. He was looking forward to being relieved for a few weeks to enable him to visit his relatives in Scotland, but his turn never came. His case is only one of thousands. For the want of reinforcements men, who have been bearing the brunt of the fighting for months and months, have to keep plugging away until by some means they are put out of action. It seems hard, but whilst a scarcity of men exists there seems to be no help for it.