Rae ARGUS
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: 29 May 1933
Christening:
Death: 15 May 2019 - Cairns, Queensland ( at age 85)
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Raymond Bassett ARGUS (1885-1964)
Mother: Dorothy June GOFFAGE (1904- )
Raylene Louise ARGUS
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Raymond George ARGUS (1931-2003)
Mother: Elaine Lucy STEWART (1933-1998)
Spouses and Children
1. *Denis Stanley RUSSELL
Children:
1. Jeffrey Leigh RUSSELL
2. Karen Louise RUSSELL
Raymond Bassett ARGUS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 6 Aug 1885 - Tallygaroopna, Victoria, Australia 11
Christening: in Tallygaroopna, Victoria, Australia
Death: 13 May 1964 - Atherton, Queensland, Australia ( at age 78)
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: William Bassett ARGUS (1844-1910)
Mother: Mary Anne TREWIN (1846-1891)
Spouses and Children
1. *Dorothy June GOFFAGE (5 Jun 1904 - )
Marriage: 2 Oct 1929
Status:
Children:
1. John Raymond ARGUS
2. Harold Victor ARGUS (1931-2005)
3. Rae ARGUS (1933-2019)
4. Albert Clifford ARGUS
5. Stanley Bassett ARGUS (1937-1950)
6. Anthony Spencer ARGUS (1943-2017)
Notes
General:
Birth: Registration No 21903
World War 1, 2244 Private Raymond Bassett Argus, 2nd Light Horse enlisted 20th November 1915 and returned to Australia on 13th March 1919.
(Australian War Memorial)
Service Number - 2244
Place of enlistment - Warwick QLD
Next of kin - Sister - Walsh Henrietta Elizabeth
Private Raymond Bassett ARGUS (service no. 2244)
Raymond Bassett Argus was a son of William Bassett Argus and Mary Anne Argus (nee
Trewin). He was born at Tallygaroopna, Victoria, on 6th August 1885.
At the age of 30, he left his selection in the Warwick district of Queensland to join the 2nd
Light Horse Regiment on 20th November 1915. As part of the 15th Reinforcements of the
Regiment, he embarked from Brisbane for the Middle East on 23rd March 1916 on HMAT
Commonwealth.
The Australian War Memorial website describes the involvement of the 2nd Light Horse
Regiment which, as a unit of the 1st Light Horse Brigade, was part of the ANZAC Mounted
Division, in the following way:
" Between January and May 1916, the regiment was deployed to protect the Nile valley from
bands of pro-Turkish Senussi Arabs. On 18 May, as part of its parent brigade, it joined the
forces defending the Suez Canal. The 1st Light Horse Brigade played a significant role in
turning back the Turkish advance on the canal at the battle of Romani on 4 August. In
ensuing days the regiments of the brigade participated in the immediate follow-up of the
defeated Turks, but were soon withdrawn to rest.
The 2nd Light Horse Regiment rejoined the Allied advance across the Sinai in November
and was subsequently involved in the fighting to secure the Turkish outposts on the
Palestine frontier - Maghdaba on 23 December 1916 and Rafa on 9 January 1917. A stint of
protective duty along the line of communications through the Sinai followed. The 2nd's next
major engagement was the abortive second battle of Gaza on 19 April. Gaza finally fell on 7
November, after a wide outflanking move via Beersheba, in which the 1st Light Horse
Brigade played a part.
With the capture of Gaza, the Turkish position in southern Palestine collapsed. The 2nd
Light Horse Regiment participated in the advance to Jaffa that followed, and was then
committed to operations to clear and occupy the west bank of the Jordan River. It was
involved in the Amman (24-27 February) and Es Salt (30 April-4 May) raids and the repulse
of a major German and Turkish attack on 14 July 1918.
The final British offensive of the campaign was launched along the Mediterranean coast on
19 September 1918, with the ANZAC Mounted Division taking part in a subsidiary effort east
of the Jordan aimed at Amman. Turkey surrendered on 30 October 1918. The 2nd Light
Horse Regiment sailed for Australia on 13 March 1919 without their horses, which were
either shot or transferred to Indian cavalry units. "
Raymond Basset Argus returned to farming in Queensland. 11,16
Raymond George ARGUS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 12 Feb 1931
Christening:
Death: 4 Jan 2003 - Yarrawonga, Victoria ( at age 71)
Burial: in Mulwala Cemetery, New South Wales
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Ernest Cole ARGUS (1898-1972)
Mother: Elizabeth Ann WILLETT (1898-1982)
Spouses and Children
1. *Elaine Lucy STEWART (1933 - 28 Jun 1998)
Marriage: 1952 - New South Wales
Status:
Children:
1. Raylene Louise ARGUS
2. Karen Elizabeth ARGUS
3. Ernest Neil ARGUS
4. Andrew John ARGUS
5. Kerry Stephen ARGUS
Raymond Peter ARGUS
Sex: M
Parents
Father: John Raymond ARGUS
Mother: Beryl GREENWAY
Raymond Peter ARGUS
Sex: M
Parents
Father: Clifford Lance ARGUS
Mother: Penney HYLAND
Raymond Robert ARGUS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 13 Jun 1912 - Queensland, Australia 22
Christening:
Death: 21 Apr 2005 - Ipswich, Queensland ( at age 92)
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: Cabinet Maker.
Parents
Father: Robert Nicholas ARGUS (1884-1970)
Mother: Susan SEIB (1887-1972) 22
Spouses and Children
1. *Lylie Beatrice STEPHENSON (22 Aug 1912 - 16 Dec 1995) 22
Marriage: 27 Dec 1941 - City Congregational Church, Brisbane, Queensland 22
Status:
Children:
1. John Robert ARGUS
Reace Leagh ARGUS
Sex: M
Parents
Father: John Milton ARGUS
Mother: Rose TRAKOVIC
Rebecca ARGUS
Sex: F
Individual Information
Birth Date: St Just In Roseland, Cornwall, England
Christening: 13 Feb 1719 - St Just In Roseland, Cornwall, England
Death: in St Just In Roseland, Cornwall, England
Burial: 19 Oct 1786 - St Just In Roseland, Cornwall, England
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Roger ARGUS (1695- )
Mother: Rebecca RICE ( - )
Rebecca ARGUS
Sex: F
Parents
Father: David William ARGUS
Mother: Sheryl