Walter Garland ARGUS
Sex: M
Parents
Father: Ernest Edward ARGUS (1883-1951) 21
Mother: Margrethe (Greta) Elizabeth OLSEN (1890-1937) 21
Spouses and Children
1. Marjorie GREGORY
2. *Eileen Edith HOGAN
Children:
1. Helen ARGUS
2. Walter ARGUS
Warren Anthony ARGUS
Sex: M
Parents
Father: Brian David ARGUS
Mother: Karen Jane HAYES
Wayne Glenn ARGUS
Sex: M
Parents
Father: Glendore Wayne ARGUS
Mother: Julie Ann HEARN
Wendy Joy ARGUS
Sex: F
Parents
Father: Lance Neil ARGUS (1921-2014)
Mother: Joy Frances THOROUGHGOOD (1923-2013)
Spouses and Children
1. *Darryl Matthew ROBSONWilfred ARGUS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 5 May 1893 - Saint James, Victoria, Australia
Christening:
Death: 19 Dec 1893 - Saint James, Victoria, Australia
Burial: in Devenish, , Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel ARGUS (1857-1923)
Mother: Annie ARNOLD (1862-1901)
Spouses and Children
Notes
General:
Died aged 7 months and 14 days.
Wilfred Honeyball ARGUS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 29 Dec 1895 - Devenish, , Victoria, Australia
Christening:
Death: 1 Aug 1951 - Shepparton, Victoria, Australia ( at age 55)
Burial: 5 Aug 1951 - Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Samuel ARGUS (1857-1923)
Mother: Annie ARNOLD (1862-1901)
Spouses and Children
1. *Margaret Florence Matilda HEPBURN ( - 1982)
Marriage: 1921 - Victoria, Australia
Status:
Notes
General:
World War 1 - Service Number 1956, Private Wilfred Argus, 3rd Machine Gun Batalion enlisted 28th February 1916 and returned to Australia 21st June 1919.
Place of enlistment - Bendigo Victoria.
Next of kin - Samiel Argus, Camperdown Victoria.
Address - Kerang PO, Victoria
Religon - Methodist
Single
Labourer
World War 11 - Service Number V145690
Place of enlistment - Royal Park Victoria.
Next of kin - Margaret Argus
(Australian War Memorial)
Private Wilfred ARGUS (service no. 1956)
Wilfred Honeyball Argus was the son of Samuel and Edith Augusta Argus (nee Hayman). He was born at Devenish, Victoria, on 29th December 1895. During the early part of World War I, he was working as a labourer at Kerang, Victoria.
On 28th February 1916, he enlisted in the 38th Infantry Battalion which was a unit of the 10th Infantry Brigade. Wilfred Argus was a member of the 2nd Reinforcements of the Battalion who embarked from Melbourne aboard the troop transport RMS Orantes on 16th August 1916.
The Australian War Memorial website describes the involvement of the 38th Infantry Battalion in the First World War, as follows:
"The 38th Battalion was formed on 1 March 1916 at a camp established on the Epsom Racecourse at Bendigo in Victoria. Early training was disrupted by a severe outbreak of cerebro-spinal meningitis in the camp, as a result of which the healthy members were transferred to a camp at Campbellfield, where the Battalion had to be rebuilt from fresh reinforcements. After training in both Australia and Britain, the 38th Battalion crossed to France in late November 1916 and moved into the trenches of the Western Front for the first time on 1 December. During the harsh winter of 1916-17 the 3rd Division was heavily involved in raiding the German trenches. In February 1917 the 38th Battalion provided 400 troops, with a similar party from the 37th Battalion, to form a special raiding "battalion". After several weeks of training this force staged a single 35-minute raid on the night of 27 February and was then disbanded. The 38th fought in its first major battle at Messines, in Belgium, between 7-9 June 1917. It fought in another two major attacks in this sector - the battle of Broodseinde on 4 October, and the battle of Passchendaele on 12 October. Broodseinde was a success, reflecting careful planning and preparation, but the 38th still suffered 29 per cent casualties. Passchendaele, however, was a disaster, executed in haste amidst horrendous conditions brought on by torrential rain. It was the 38th's most costly operation of the war, resulting in 62 per cent casualties. Belgium remained the focus of the 38th Battalion's activities for the next five months, until it was rushed south to France in late March 1918 to meet the German Army's Spring Offensive. The Allies launched their own offensive on 8 August 1918, but the 38th was in reserve on this day and did not play an active role. It was involved, however, in an ill-conceived attack that failed to capture the village of Proyart on 10 August.
It was during this latter action that Wilfred sustained a bullet wound to the right thigh, necessitating his evacuation to England where he was admitted to the Fort Pitt Military Hospital at Chatham in Kent. Upon his recovery, the fighting was over and he was attached to the Australian Base Depot at Havre on the French coast.
On 21st June 1919, he embarked for Australia on the former German ocean liner Konigan Luise, disembarking in Melbourne on 13th August 16
William ARGUS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: in Cuby With Tregony Church, Tregony, Cornwall, England
Christening: 25 Jun 1727 - Cuby With Tregony Church, Tregony, Cornwall, England 5
Death:
Burial: 18 Mar 1729 - Tregony, Cornwall, England 5
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: John ARGUS (1692- )
Mother: Jane BURN ( -1742)
William ARGUS
Sex: M
Spouses and Children
1. *Jane LAWRIEWilliam ARGUS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 7 Aug 1824 - Cuby With Tregony Church, Tregony, Cornwall, England 6
Christening: 21 Mar 1825 - Cuby With Tregony Church, Tregony, Cornwall, England 6
Death: 1826 - Cuby With Tregony Church, Tregony, Cornwall, England ( at age 2)
Burial: 15 Mar 1826 - Cuby With Tregony Church, Tregony, Cornwall, England 7
Cause of Death:
Parents
Father: Nicholas ARGUS (1787-1850)
Mother: Priscilla ALLISON (1786-1825)
William ARGUS
Sex: M
Individual Information
Birth Date: 1836
Christening:
Death: Dec 1861 - Truro, Cornwall, England ( at age 25)
Burial:
Cause of Death:
Events
• Occupation: Stonemason.
Parents
Father: John ARGUS (Abt 1810-1873)
Mother: Mary Ann HUDDY (Abt 1813-1872)
Spouses and Children
1. *Jane SOLOMON ( - )
Marriage: Dec 1858 - Truro, Cornwall, England
Status:
Children:
1. Catherine ARGUS (1859- )
2. Julia Anna May ARGUS (1861- )