In Memory Of

MAYGAR, LESLIE CECIL

Service Details
Age:
 42
Date of Birth:
 -0001-11-30
Rank:
 Lieutenant Colonel
Unit:
 8th
Regiment:
 Australian Light Horse
Date of Death:
 1917-11-01
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds, at Karm, Palenstine
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Q. 82.
Cemetery:
 BEERSHEBA WAR CEMETERY
Country:
 Israel
Additional Information
Decorations:
 V C, D S O, V D, Mentioned in Despatches (twice)
Citations:
 LG 11 Feb. 1902 - "At Geelhoutboom, on the 23rd November 1901, Lieutenant Maygar galloped out and ordered the men of a detached post, which was being outflanked, to retire. The horse of one of them being shot under him, when the enemy were within 200 yards, Lieutenant Maygar dismounted and lifted him on to his own horse, which bolted into boggy ground, causing both of them to dismount. On extricating the horse and finding that it could not carry both, Lieutenant Maygar again put the man on its back and told him to gallop for cover at once, he himself proceeding on foot. All this took place under a very heavy fire." 1st MID LG 6 July 1917, 2nd MID LG 16 Jan 1918, DSO LG 4 October 1917
Son of the late Edwin Wills Maygar and Helen Maygar. Native of Dean Station, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918