Maurice Wilder-Neligan
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Lieutenant-Colonel Maurice Wilder-Neligan CMG DSO and Bar DCM (4 October 1882–10 January 1923), born Maurice Neligan, was a British-born Australian soldier.
He was born in Tavistock, Devon, England, the son of Canon John West Neligan and his wife Charlotte, née Putland.
He commanded the 10th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force in the First World War, in which he was also awarded the Croix de Guerre and Mentioned in Dispatches four times.
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