P. W. Vaughan


Percy William Vaughan, known as Colonel Vaughan, was a bank manager and officer in the Australian Army.

History

The second son of Rev. Canon John Vaughan and Annie Vaughan of Sydney, he was born in Hereford, England, and came to Australia with his parents at the age of ten, and was educated at Sydney Grammar School.
He joined the City Bank of Sydney and by 1903 was manager of the bank's Kiama branch and Newcastle by 1909. He was still an employee when made JP in May 1914, and around that time joined the Commonwealth Bank as first manager of their Newcastle branch. He joined the Commonwealth Bank in 1914. and was still managing the Newcastle branch in June 1915.
In August 1915 he left the bank as he had enlisted for overseas service; his replacement was G. A. Ball, previously of the Dubbo branch.
Vaughan succeeded A. S. Douglas as manager of the Hobart branch in April 1918.
He moved to Adelaide in June 1919, taking over from acting manager M. B. Young.
In August 1919 he was appointed to the Central War Loan Committee of South Australia.
He left for Melbourne in September 1928, replacing W. H. Kelman as manager; his replacement in Adelaide was T. C. Irving.
He retired in 1937.
He died at his home at Washington Street, Toorak, and his remains were cremated at Springvale.

Other interests

Family

Vaughan married Ellen Linda Montague Sandy, eldest daughter of J Montague Sandy and Evaline Martha Sandy, née Backhouse, on 26 September 1903.
In 1915 lived at "Blenheim" on Burwood Rd, Burwood, Victoria, the home of the Sandy family.