Doris Annie Dethridge1
F, #19379, b. 1899, d. 28 December 2001
Righton John Vaughan Cavanagh MC1
M, #19380, b. 10 May 1892, d. 16 September 1957
| Righton John Vaughan Cavanagh Photograph by Digitised Leanne Rodgers-Gibbs ( |
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Milit-Beg* | Righton John Vaughan Cavanagh MC began military service on 15 March 1916 at Perth, Western AustraliaG, Lieutenant, Tunnelling Company 6.4 |
Occupation* | He was a Civil Engineer on 15 March 1916 at Perth, Western AustraliaG.4 |
Honours* | He was awarded the Military Cross on 25 October 1918 at Maulde, France, For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. While parties of infantry were entering Maulde on 25th/26th October, 1918, he investigated that town for enemy mines and traps. The place [was] being heavily shelled with yellow cross gas, and he had to wear a mask the whole day. He found and rendered harmless a large number of mines and traps. The following day he chlorinated places where gas mines had exploded and afterwards, at great risk, removed twelve overdue relay action mines from under priority railway lines. Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 30, Date: 25 March 1920.4 |
Citations
- [S161] Genealogics, online www.genealogics.org.
- [S62] MCB, online mcb.wa.gov.au, Karrakatta.
- [S190] Marriages, Marriage Index of WA 1915-33.
- [S156] UNSW AIF WWI, online www.aif.adfa.edu.au.
Elsie Edna Waite
F, #19392, b. 13 September 1909, d. 1 April 1994
Birth* | Elsie Edna Waite was born on 13 September 1909 at Woodlupine, Western Australia; reg: 78/1909.1,2 |
| She was the daughter of John Henry Waite and Alice Rose Byfield. |
Marriage* | Elsie Edna Waite married Clarence Englebert Matsen, son of Marius Sophus Matsen and Sarah Hannah Wilkes, in 1929 at Perth, Western AustraliaG; reg: 1797.1,3 |
Marriage* | Elsie Edna Waite married Eric Arthur Case in 1945 at Northam, Western AustraliaG; reg: 69/1945.1,4 |
Marriage* | Elsie Edna Waite married Timothy Francis Young in 1958 at Swan, Western AustraliaG; reg: 91/1958.1,4 |
Death* | Elsie Edna Waite died on 1 April 1994 at Mundaring, Western Australia, at age 84; 84 yrs.5 |