Guy Hargreaves VAUGHAN

Regimental number24/1507
Date of birth26 May 1895
Place of birthGreytown
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngineer
Address93a Ferguson Street, Palmerston North
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 10.25"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs G E Havill, 102 Molesworth Street, Wellington Bay
Previous military serviceServed for 6 years in the Senior Cadets, 1908-1914.
Enlistment date24 August 1915
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 13 November 1915
Members of F Company, 2nd Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 35 'Willochra' and HMNZT 36 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 15 September 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs A.S. Vaughan, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Posted to L Company, 8th Reinforcement, 24 August 1916.

Found guilty, 20 September 1915, of inferring with the duties of a NCO: awarded 3 days' confined to barracks.

Embarked, 13 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 20 December 1915.

Joined C Company, 2nd Bn, 3rd NZ Rifle Brigade, 6 February 1916; transferred to Machine Gun Section, 8 February 1916; transferred to C Company, 2nd Bn, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 18 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria, 6 April 1916, and proceeded overseas to France.

Killed in action, 15 September 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: F Company/2nd Rfts of 2nd NZRB
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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