CHURCHWARD, Clerk Maxwell
| Service Number: | 20488 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Norwood, South Australia, 20 December 1888 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Methodist Clergyman |
| Died: | Fiji, 23 February 1968, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Kent Town Wesleyan Methodist Church WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jul 1918: | Involvement Private, 20488, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
|---|---|---|
| 17 Jul 1918: | Embarked Private, 20488, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 19 Mar 1919: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
Help us honour Clerk Maxwell Churchward's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Rev. C. M. Churchward, MA.
The Rev. C. M. Churchward, M.A., superintendent of the Lomaiviti Circuit, Fiji, arrived in Sydney by the 'Mariposa' on Monday last. He is seeking special medical treatment and will probably be detained here for some considerable time. Mrs. Churchward and their five children are staying in Suva for the time being.
Mr. Churchward has given over twelve years of earnest and successful work to the Fiji District. For eight years he was stationed in the lonely Eotuma Circuit, where he translated the New Testament, the Hymn Book, and Catechism into the Rotuman language. We are hoping that under the skilful medical treatment of Dr. W. C. McClelland, the Board's Medical Advisor, he may soon be able to return to the work he loves.
The Methodist Saturday 26 August 1933 page 6
DOCTORATE FOR REV. C. M. CHURCHWARD.
The degree of Doctor of Literature of Melbourne University has been conferred on the Rev. Clerk Maxwell Churchward, M.A., of Enfield, for a thesis on Pacific languages, partlcularly that of Rotumah, near Fiji.
Dr. Churchward is a minister of the Methodist Church, and lived in Fiji for 16 years.
The Sydney Morning Herald Saturday 11 January 1941 page 14
Click images to start slideshow.