Person Page 6,657
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
| Father | Joseph Maxwell, Junior (b. 1846, d. 6 February 1929) |
| Mother | Jane 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
- [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
- [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.
- [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
- [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
- [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
- [S803] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/189208368/dorothy-frances-mccready
| Last Edited | 8 February 2022 |