VAUGHAN, John Howard
| Service Numbers: | 7445, S69617 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 13 July 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 14 November 1879 |
| Home Town: | Kensington Gardens, Burnside, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Prince Alfred College (1894-96), University of Adelaide (grad.1900 with Bachelor of Laws) |
| Occupation: | Lawyer, Politician, Attorney General of South Australia (1915 - 1917) and Army Officer |
| Died: | Adelaide, South Australia, 21 August 1955, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Members of the Legal Profession & Students at Law WW1 Honour Board, Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Norwood Primary School Honour Board, Tusmore Burnside District Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7445, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7445, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Melbourne | |
| 4 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Mar 1942: | Involvement Lance Corporal, S69617, 3rd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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| 25 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, S69617 | |
| 25 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide, SA | |
| 10 Oct 1945: | Discharged |
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Vaughan, John Howard (1879–1955)
This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography Volume 12, (MUP), 1990
Crawford Vaughan (adb.anu.edu.au) (1874-1947), premier and journalist, and John Howard Vaughan (1879-1955), lawyer and politician, were brothers.
Howard was born on 14 November 1879 at Norwood. He attended the local public school and Prince Alfred College (1894-96), won the 1898 Roby Fletcher (adb.anu.edu.au) scholarship for logic and psychology, and graduated at the University of Adelaide (LL.B., 1900). Admitted to the Bar in 1901, Howard formed a partnership with R. P. A. von Bertouch. He also joined the Effective Voting League. Having drafted South Australia's first bill for proportional electoral representation in 1902, he saw it annually rejected by parliament on eight occasions. Between 1906 and 1910 he thrice unsuccessfully contested the House of Representatives seat of Wakefield for Labor before winning the South Australian Legislative Council seat of Central in 1912. He was vice-president (1911-13) of the South Australian Tramway Employees' Association and president (1913-14) of the State branch of the U.L.P. A Unitarian, on 11 August 1909 Howard married Helèna Maud Fry (d.1954) at St Matthew's Church, Adelaide: they were to remain childless.
On 3 April 1915 he became attorney-general in his brother's ministry. Although able and gifted with 'an engaging personality', he produced little progressive legislation. His support for conscription brought about his banishment from the U.L.P. in 1917. In July Howard Vaughan enlisted in the 10th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force; on active service in France, he was commissioned in November 1918 and returned to Australia next year. He unsuccessfully contested the House of Assembly seat of Sturt as a Progressive Country Party candidate in 1921.
In Adelaide he resumed his legal practice with K. H. Kirkman as a partner in the 1920s and K. L. Litchfield in 1936-41. Vaughan sat on the Burnside District Council (1921-29) and was chairman (1921-42) of the local branch of the Australian League of Nations Union. Appointed C.B.E. in 1932, he was State consul for Czechoslovakia in 1929-37 and was awarded that country's Order of the White Lion in 1937. Howard Vaughan died in Adelaide on 21 August 1955 and was buried in Centennial Park cemetery.
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