Lieutenant Colonel LESLIE CECIL MAYGAR
Australian Light Horse
8th
Died 01 November 1917
Age 49 years old
- Country of Service Australian
- Awards Victoria Cross, Distinguished Service Order, Volunteer Officers' Decoration, Mentioned in Despatches
- Additional Info Son of the late Edwin Wills Maygar and Helen Maygar. Native of Dean Station, Kilmore, Victoria, Australia.
- Personal Inscription IN MEMORY
- Additional Citation note
An extract from the "London Gazette," dated 11th Feb., 1902, records the following:- "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."
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