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STAUGHTON , Samuel Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Melton, Victoria, Australia, 30 December 1876 |
| Home Town: | Melton, Melton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Soldier, Parliamentarian |
| Died: | Peritonitis, Victoria, Australia, 20 May 1903, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Boroondara (Kew) General Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: | Bacchus Marsh Boer War Memorial, Melton Christ Church Anglican Church Memorial Window |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
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| 26 Jun 1900: | Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Zidane McNamara
Joined Vic. Mounted Rifles at 17; to England for Diamond Jubilee celebrations 1897, promoted Lieutenant on return; with first Vic. contingent, South Africa 1899, mentioned in dispatches, DSO 1900, captain; commanded returned Vic. troops Commonwealth celebrations Sydney 1901; member Aust. military contingent at coronation of Edward VII 1902; inherited 20 000-acre estate Eynesbury near Melton 1901(after his father died); left £114 000
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