MAUGHAN, David Landale
| Service Number: | 3104 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 May 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 14th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Malmsbury, Victoria, Australia, 9 October 1880 |
| Home Town: | Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Scotch College Melbourne |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery II I 12 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial, Glen Innes Rifle Club Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 30 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3104, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 8 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3104, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3104, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement Second Lieutenant, 14th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 14 Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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CHRIST HATH BROUGHT LIFE & IMMORTALITY TO LIGHT
DAVID LANDALE MAUGHAN, the son of Mr. David Maughan (late Manager of the Benalla Branch of the Bank of New South Wales) and of Mrs. Maughan, was born at Malmsbury, Victoria, on 9th October, 1880.
He was educated at Scotch College, Melbourne, and joined the service of the Bank at Albury on 24th July, 1899, where he was appointed ledger-keeper in 1905 and teller in 1907. His subsequent appointments were to Maldon in 1908; Newcastle, 1910; Inverell, 1911; and Glen Innes in 1912. While accountant in this Branch he enlisted in 1915, and went away with the 10th Reinforcements of the 2nd Battalion. On arriving in Egypt he was transferred to the Machine Gun Company (2nd Section) of the 54th Battalion. Proceeding to a school at Bisley, England, he obtained his commission as second-lieutenant on 25th July, 1917, and joined the 14th Machine Gun Company 5th Battalion in France.
Two months later while taking part in the capture of Polygon Wood, five and a half miles east of Ypres, he was shot through the heart by a sniper. His body lay unburied for two days, and Captain Dick of his company, who went out with one of the men to recover his body for burial, was himself shot and died from his wound.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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