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Australians
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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.
| Surname | | VAUGHAN |
| Given Name(s) or Initial(s) | | Charles |
| Regimental Number | | 555 |
| Rank | | Corporal |
| Unit Name | | 4th Victorian Imperial Bushmen |
| State | | Vic |
Extracts and Comments
(from Sources as shown) | |
Murray: Sergeant, killed in action at Hartbeetsfontein on 18.2.1901.
Price1: War Memorials Ballarat Canberra Parkville & Learmonth.
B5179: born 1868 a station manager from Learmonth Vic.
URL4: letter to Editor 8.1907 re photos of graves at Klerksdorp.
URL5: killed in action 18.2.1901 aged 32, parents at Learmonth Vic.
URL6: The following, belonging to Lieutenant General Lord Methuen's brigade, were wounded at ... Hartebeetsfontein, Transvaal — Sergeant C VAUGHAN, Privates J JOHNSON and J HESKETH were killed. Dangerously wounded — Private W SMALL. Severely wounded — Colonel N KELLY, gunshot in left thigh; Lieutenant MACE, left shoulder; Lieutenant PARKIN, left thigh and back; Private A LANCASTER. Slightly wounded Private W O'SHEA, Private O WARD. The foregoing belong to the Victorian Bushmen. Severely wounded — Private H TRANOR, New South Wales Bushmen.
URL8: BALLARAT. A mural tablet, elected to the memory of Ballarat Collegians, who fell to the South African war, was unveiled by the principal (Mr. John GARBUTT MA) at the college on Wednesday [8.4.1903]. The tablet, which was provided by the old boys' committee, bears the following inscription. - "In memory of old collegians, who died in the war in South Africa, 1890-1902 - Lieutenant A GILPIN, Surgeon-Lieutenant HA PALMER, Sergeant A VAUGHAN, Private TB FOSTER. Their duty done, they rest with God."
URL9: At 4 o'clock this afternoon [2.9.1902] a tablet which has been erected in the chapel of Trinity College to the memory of tho late Lieutenant George GRICE will be unveiled by the Rev. AE PEACOCK, of Coke. Lieutenant GRICE was one of three old students of the college who have fallen in the war, the others being the late Surgeon-Lieutenant PALMER, killed at Wilmansrust, and Sergeant VAUGHAN, killed at Hartebeestfontein. The memorial has been erected by Lieutenant GRICE's fellow collegians.
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Murray: Official Records of the Australian Contingents etc. page(s) 272 336
Price1: They Proved to all the Earth page(s) 37
B5179: National Archives of Australia series B5179 item A
Droogleever: That Ragged Mob - 3VB & 4VIB page(s) 280, 297, 327/328, 677
Argus: Melbourne Argus newspaper date(s) 2.3.1901. 9.4.1903 & 30.8.1907
Z&DHerald: Zeehan and Dundas Herald newspaper date(s) 25.2.1901
Australasian: Australasian newspaper date(s) 9.3.1901
Melb. Age: Age newspaper, Melbourne date(s) 2.9.1902
| | External Link URL1 | | www.hagsoc.org.au/sagraves/nmcdb/nmcdb-search.php | | External Link URL2 | | www.skp.com.au/memorials/pages/30141.htm | | External Link URL3 | | awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp | | External Link URL4 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10131803 | | External Link URL5 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10538061 | | External Link URL6 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article83740422 | | External Link URL7 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139172159 | | External Link URL8 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9827075 | | External Link URL9 | | nla.gov.au/nla.news-article187630470 |
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Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.
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