URQUHART, Angus Roderick (1895-1966)
URQUHART, Angus Roderick (1895-1966)
Angus Urquhart was born at Yangery Park, Warrnambool, on 5 December 1896, the son of Angus Urquhart ( -1900) and Mary nee Jamieson.
He was educated at Geelong College enrolling in 1908 and leaving in 1913. His mother, Mrs Urquhart, listing her address as 'Moondah', Larpent in Victoria, enrolled him. On leaving school he followed pastoral pursuits, managing his mother's property, 'Moondah', Colac, for three years.
During World War I, he enlisted in England in 1915 with the Royal Horse Artillery and trained as a Cadet (No. 227185) at the (Officer Training Unit) OTU at St John's Wood. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 26 August 1916 and served in France with the Royal Field Artillery (RFA). He suffered a shell wound near Albert on 5 April 1918 while serving with D Battery, 232 Brigade, when he was struck on the arm causing a compound fracture of the left humerus.
Table Talk mentioned his wedding:
'A notable wedding of the week, and one which united two of the oldest pastoralist families of the Western District was that of Miss Mary Violet Thornley Macpherson to Mr Angus Roderick Urquhart. The beautiful bride, who is pictured here in' her charming bridal array, is the only daughter of Dr. Macpherson and the late Mrs Macpherson, and a niece of Mrs W. Boyd, "Wuurong", Camperdown, from whose home the wedding took place.'
His cousin, Lt R W Urquhart, 8 Light Horse, an Old Geelong Grammarian, of Hexham, was killed at Romani, Palestine on 7 August 1916; his name is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial.
Angus Urquhart was born at Yangery Park, Warrnambool, on 5 December 1896, the son of Angus Urquhart ( -1900) and Mary nee Jamieson.
He was educated at Geelong College enrolling in 1908 and leaving in 1913. His mother, Mrs Urquhart, listing her address as 'Moondah', Larpent in Victoria, enrolled him. On leaving school he followed pastoral pursuits, managing his mother's property, 'Moondah', Colac, for three years.
During World War I, he enlisted in England in 1915 with the Royal Horse Artillery and trained as a Cadet (No. 227185) at the (Officer Training Unit) OTU at St John's Wood. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant on 26 August 1916 and served in France with the Royal Field Artillery (RFA). He suffered a shell wound near Albert on 5 April 1918 while serving with D Battery, 232 Brigade, when he was struck on the arm causing a compound fracture of the left humerus.
Table Talk mentioned his wedding:
'A notable wedding of the week, and one which united two of the oldest pastoralist families of the Western District was that of Miss Mary Violet Thornley Macpherson to Mr Angus Roderick Urquhart. The beautiful bride, who is pictured here in' her charming bridal array, is the only daughter of Dr. Macpherson and the late Mrs Macpherson, and a niece of Mrs W. Boyd, "Wuurong", Camperdown, from whose home the wedding took place.'
His cousin, Lt R W Urquhart, 8 Light Horse, an Old Geelong Grammarian, of Hexham, was killed at Romani, Palestine on 7 August 1916; his name is commemorated on the Jerusalem Memorial.
Source
Table Talk 13 September 1928 p5; Geelong Collegians at the Great War compiled by James Affleck. p331 (citing The Pegasus; The National Archives (Kew)).