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    Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Cecil Maygar, VC, DSO, VD (27 May 1868 – 1 November 1917) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award...
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  • during World War I. The barracks was named after Victoria Cross winner Leslie Maygar, who received the award for his actions during the Second Boer War 1901...
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    the Battle of Elands River in July 1900. One Victorian, Lieutenant Leslie Maygar, received the Victoria Cross during the conflict. On 31 December 1900...
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    Joseph Maxwell 1918 First World War 18th Battalion Estrees, France AWM Leslie Maygar 1901 Second Boer War 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles Geelhoutboom, South...
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    member of Ben Hall's gang. Alice Heron Maxwell, custodian. Lieutenant Leslie Maygar, recipient of the Victoria Cross for his actions in the Boer War (1899-1902)...
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    Roberts's Light Horse 1900-03-3131 March 1900 Korn Spruit, South Africa Leslie Maygar 0055th Victorian Mounted Rifles 1901-11-2323 November 1901 Geelhoutboom...
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    Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) First World War 1914-10-2222 October 1914 Leslie Maygar OF-1.6Lieutenant 0055th Victorian Mounted Rifles Second Boer War 1901-11-2323...
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    William Bell of the West Australian Mounted Infantry; and Lieutenant Leslie Cecil Maygar of the 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles. KIA = 'Killed in action' DFD...
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    Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, in Zwochau, Germany (d. 2016) Died: Leslie Maygar, Australian army officer, recipient of the Victoria Cross for action...
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    of 40 men from the 8th Light Horse Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Maygar were among the last to leave. They were subsequently returned to Egypt...
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    Ruffy in 1895, and closed in 1974. Ruffy was the childhood home of Leslie Cecil Maygar, awarded the Victoria Cross in the Second Boer War. "2021 Census...
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  • it was used to combat the guerilla warfare tactics of the Boers. Leslie Cecil Maygar was awarded the Victoria Cross for gallant acts during the Second...
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  • (KIA) Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Vivian Deeble Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Cecil Maygar VC, DSO, VD Lieutenant Colonel Archibald McGibbon McLaurin Lieutenant...
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    Brisbane Presbytery. The church was in King Street (but this was renamed Maygar Street in 1938). On 19 April 1959 a foundation stone for a new extension...
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    manned by two light horse regiments, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Cecil Maygar, was established. Meanwhile, the bulk of the Desert Column returned...
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  • Maxted, General List, Australian Imperial Forces. Lieutenant-Colonel Leslie Cecil Maygar, VC, Light Horse Regiment. Captain (temporary Major) Ross Cairns...
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