Description
Collection relating to the service of 13630 Private Virgil Maguire, 6 Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps, AIF. Collection consists of copies of two letters of condolence sent to Private Maguire's mother in 1917. Location of original letters is unknown.
Contextual Description
Biographical note: Private Virgil Maguire, stretcher-bearer in the 6th Field Ambulance, who was killed by shell fire on the battlefield near Zonnebeke on 27 September 1917 while bringing in a wounded man. Other biographical details concerning him are: Electrician in the PMG's Department, of Wynnum, Queensland; born Parramatta, NSW, educated at Wynnum, and at Dutton Park Boys' School, Brisbane; age at time of death, 23. He had served in the Senior Cadets and Citizens Forces of the CMF, and was a cousin of Colonel Frederick Arthur Maguire, AAMC.
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Accession Number
1DRL/0468
Classification
Private Record
Measurement
Archived measurement
Copying Provisions
Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.
Provenance
AWM93 12/11/110
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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