Samuel Thomas STAUGHTON DSO, MID

STAUGHTON, Samuel Thomas

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
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
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Lieutenant, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles
26 Jun 1900: Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles

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Biography 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