| Place | Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine, Beersheba |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | RCDIG0001361 |
| Collection number | PR02016 |
| Collection type | Digitised Collection |
| Record type | File |
| Item count | 6 |
| Object type | Letter, Photograph, Newspaper cutting |
| Physical description | 14 Image/s captured |
| Maker |
Goucher, Frederick Thomas Henry Lean, James Malcolm Maygar, Leslie Cecil Wallace, Peter John Charles |
| Place made | Australia: Victoria, Benalla, Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Ottoman Empire: Palestine |
| Date made | 1917-1920 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
Items relating to the death of Leslie Cecil Maygar, 1917-1920
Description
Items relating to the death of Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Cecil Maygar, 8th Light Horse Regiment. This file contains a variety items detailing or relating to Maygar’s death on 1 November 1917 due to wounds sustained during the Battle of Beersheba in Palestine. This file contains:
Will of Leslie Cecil Maygar, last signed 25 June 1917;
Telegram from Major Frederick Thomas Henry Goucher to Reverend Warry, received 6 November 1917 [includes envelope];
Newspaper clipping titled "Heroic Horseman Dies", November 1917;
Letter from [Peter John Charles] Wallace to the brother of Leslie Cecil Maygar, 16th Light Horse, Benalla, 12 January 1918;
Telegram from Major J. M. Lean, Officer-in-Charge, Base Records, Melbourne, [incorrectly addressed] to Mrs. A. E. Maygar, Strathearn, Longwood, 18 March 1920;
Grave memorial card for Leslie Cecil Maygar (includes photograph of grave), [c. 1917-1918].