MAGUIRE, Cyril James
| Service Number: | 1590 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 April 1915, Enlisted Sydney Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, Victoria, February 1886 |
| Home Town: | Clifton Hill, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Timor State School |
| Occupation: | Ship's Fireman |
| Died: | Died of Illness, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, 10 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot IV, Row J, Grave No. 19 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1590, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Sydney Australia | |
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| 1 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1590, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 12 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 1590, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 13 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1590, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 15 Jun 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1590, 17th Infantry Battalion, M/U (ulcer) - Discharged in England |
Pte Cyril Maguire
Pte. Cyril James Maguire (b 1887) SN-1590. 17th Infantry Battalion Australian. He was a ships fireman and native of Melbourne, Australia. He was the son of James and Emmeline (nee Elsey) Maguire (formerly Bowenvale, Vic). He was the husband of Kathleen E. Maguire, of Box Hill Cottages, nr. Henley-on-Thames, England, with whom he had a young daughter, Patricia. He was discharged from the AIF due to "Membranous colitis" (ulcer) that he picked up which fighting at Gallipoli. The ulcer resulted in a substantive loss of weight and eventual discharge on 15th June 1916 in England. After his discharged he gained employment with the Australian High Commission in London and married Kathleen (nee Simmons) in 1916 their daughter Patricia being born in September 1917. He died on the penultimate day of the war, 10th November 1918 due to complications with the flu in St Pancreas’ Hospital. This was the ‘flu epidemic in which many millions of people world-wide, old and young died, in reality many more than were killed during the fighting during WWI. He died leaving his widow Kathleen and a young daughter Patricia.
Pte. Cyril Maquire was the older cousin of Lt John T. "Boy" Maguire MC, 8th Battalion, KIA 4/10/1917.
Submitted 4 July 2018 by Evan Evans
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