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Private Joseph Henry ("Harry") Maxwell1

b. September 1887, d. 3 May 1917

Birth

Private Joseph Henry ("Harry") Maxwell was born in September 1887 in Brewarrina.2

Parents

FatherJoseph Maxwell, Junior (b. 1846, d. 6 February 1929)
MotherJane Elizabeth Reed (b. 16 June 1856)

Working life

  • Private Joseph Henry ("Harry") Maxwell was given a "send off" prior to embarking for Egypt on 21 June 1916 in Bourke, New South Wales, Australia.3

Death

Private Joseph Henry ("Harry") Maxwell died from killed in action on 3 May 1917 at age 29 in France. He is memorialised on the gravestone of his aunt (Frances Tobin nee Reed) in Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney.1,4,5,6

Citations

  1. [S1634] "," The Western Herald, Bourke, ; online image, Trove (: accessed ), Newspapers and Gazettes., Everything; news article; 22 December 1917; page 2; http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142384928; 2 February 2022
  2. [S1390] NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages, Index to NSW Births and Baptisms, (Registry of BDM), Joseph H Maxwell, parents Joseph and Jane E, 16716/1887 Brewarrina.
  3. [S1634] "," The Western Herald, Bourke, ; online image, Trove (: accessed ), Newspapers and Gazettes., Off to the Front; news article; 21 June 1916; page 2; http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142550479; 2 February 2022
  4. [S1634] "," The Western Herald, Bourke, ; online image, Trove (: accessed ), Newspapers and Gazettes., Death of a Well Known Resident; obituary; 2 April 1924; page 2; http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142663794; 2 February 2022
  5. [S1634] "," The Western Herald, Bourke, ; online image, Trove (: accessed ), Newspapers and Gazettes., Obituary, Mr Joseph Maxwell; obituary; 13 February 1929; page 3; http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141995629; 2 February 2022
  6. [S803] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189208368/dorothy-frances-mccready
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