Maguire, Virgil (Private, b.1894 - d.1917) Accession Number: 1DRL/0468

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.

Details

Accession Number
1DRL/0468
Classification
Private Record
Object Type
Letter
Measurement
Archived measurement
Date Made
1929
Place Made
Whole/Part
Collection
Item Count
3
Access
Open
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

Conflicts

Places

Events

Units

Tags

More like this

Hunter, Foster (Private, b.1890 - d.1917)

Private Record 1DRL/0365 First World War, 1914-1918

Collection relating to the service of 5423 Private Foster Hunter, 2 Field Ambulance AAMC, France, Belgium, 1915-1917. Collection consists of typewritten copies of three letters written by Private Fos

Main, Vivian Neville (Private, b.1894 - d.1917)

Private Record 1DRL/0472 First World War, 1914-1918

Collection relating to the service of 6518 Private Vivian Neville Main, 27 Battalion, Belgium, 1917. Collection consists of a typescript copy of a letter written by Private Main to his mother on Chri

Lesnie, Frank Bernard Hershorn (Private, b.? - d.1917)

Private Record 1DRL/0415 First World War, 1914-1918

Collection relating to the service of 1659a Private Frank Bernard Hershorn Lesnie, (served as Frank Bernard), Gallipoli, Egypt, France. Collection comprises typed extracts from thirteen letters writt

Jackson, Pelham Steane (Trooper, b.1889 - d.1917)

Private Record 1DRL/0380 First World War, 1914-1918

Collection relating to the service of 164 Trooper Pelham Steane Jackson, 11 Light Horse Regiment, AIF, Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine. Collection includes original letters and a diary written by Trooper

Keley, Arthur Harold (Corporal, b.1890 - d.1917)

Private Record 1DRL/0392 First World War, 1914-1918

Collection relating to the service of 3182b Corporal Arthur Harold Keley, 10 Battalion, Egypt, Flanders, France, United Kingdom, 1916-1917. Collection consists of three letters sent by Corporal Keley

Armstrong, William Crouch (Private, b.? - d.1917)

Private Record 1DRL/0059 First World War, 1914-1918

Collection relating to service of 6285 Private William Crouch Armstrong, 26 Battalion, England and France, 1916-1917. Collection consists of thirty-two letters from Private Armstrong to his parents.

See more similar items →

Record information

Last modified: 16 October 2025 - 3.43 am