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Everett Hugh Maraun was born on the 11th of January 1897 by Ethel Maud Scutt (Mother) and Friedrich Alfred Maraun (Father), both aged 29. He was born in Kempsey, New South Wales and his parents lived on Harris St, Pyrmont, NSW. 

Maraun attended West Kempsey Public School and Pyrmont Public School before moving to Sydney Technical High school in 1912. During his time at West Kempsey Public, Maraun attended the School’s 1906 Concert, where he beautifully recited Lanus Long together with V. Anlezurk ¹ and helped raised funds for the school’s laboratory equipment. At Sydney Technical High school, Maraun was a diligent student who consistently placed in the top 10s of his class. In 1912 term one, he placed 3rd overall in his class and was tied first for carpentry and first in drawing. He placed 6th place in his class of 2B in 1913 terms 1 and 2, and was seldomly absent, only missing four days for the entirety of term one². This shows Maraun hardworking and sincere attitude to school, and we can presume he applied sufficient efforts in his school efforts. He would receive his intermediate certificate in Sydney Tech, which was given to Australian students for completing three years of high school and successfully completing an examination³, and before the war, he would obtain the job of a clerk⁴

Everett Hugh Maraun enlisted on the 22nd of February 1918 as a gunner in the 35th reinforcement of the Australian Field Artillery Brigade, which would later be merged into the 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade⁵. From the 25th February 1918 he trained at the Sydney Show Ground Camp until the 1st of March⁶. On the 5th of June he would embark to Britain from Sydney on the HMS Orontes, Everett would be aged 21 at this point. Two months later on the 12th of August he would arrive to the Reserve Brigade, Australian Artillery at Heytesbury.

He continued training there before he was sent on the seas to France on the 4th of October. Shortly later on the 6th of October he would arrive to the Australian General Base Depot in Rouelles, However on the 15th of October he would contract a sickness and would be admitted to the local hospital. He would remain at the hospital until after the WW1 armistice on the 11th of November 1918. Everett was released from hospital on the 4th of December⁷  and presumably did not see combat and supported the cleanup efforts within France. His Brigade would continue routine checkups on the 1st Australian Division and March throughout Europe and hold multiple celebratory events, such as on 1919 New Years when the entirety of the Brigade was brought together for a sports meeting⁸. Maraun was transferred to the 1st Artillery Brigade before he arrived home on the 23rd of July.⁹

Maraun returned to Australia and continued working as a clerk. In 1919, Maraun attended Mr H.Ackers wedding as Best Man. A few years later, Maraun would marry Dulcie Mary Rochfort in 1924 in Randwick and they together at 124 Holt Avenue¹⁰ However, their marriage ended on the 11th of April 1942¹. Later the same year, Maraun remarried to Patricia Irene Lapton. It can be presumed he moved to 16 Mandalong road to live with Lapton.

Maraun's father, Friedrich Alfred Maraun, passed away in 1947 at the age of 79, having retired as a bank manager.¹² Sixteen years after his father's death, Everett Hugh Maraun himself passed away in Turramurra, New South Wales, at the age of 66.

Everett Hugh Maraun lived a remarkable life in his time in Sydney and serving on the Western Front. Although he did not see combat, he still contributed to the cleanup needed to be done on the western front. Everett was a diligent student and a kind soul to all his peers. 

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References

¹ Edward Patrick Noonan, ‘Macleay Chronicle’,  Edward Patrick Noonan, Kempsey, NSW, 1906 20 September, p. 5

² Google Drive, class reports  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ChLFW9puDYbt99NfUYJHNyc63oDxMLH3

³Intermediate certificate, google doc

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A6-VGheikeZrVLRdgfO5AxV-hpg9C8G-/edit

⁴Service and casualty form, Google drive, 6.jpg

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ChLFW9puDYbt99NfUYJHNyc63oDxMLH3

⁵Maraun Google doc

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LRlOi-BXCJS9C3PjiH-PAYRmAKtg9B71/edit

⁶Statement of service, Google drive, 4.jpg

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ChLFW9puDYbt99NfUYJHNyc63oDxMLH3

⁷Google drive, 5.jpg

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ChLFW9puDYbt99NfUYJHNyc63oDxMLH3

⁸Unknown, ‘Headquarters, 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade War Diaries’, 3rd Army Bde Compiler, Orderly Officer, 1919 Janurary, p. 3

https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1338933 

 ⁹Google drive, jpg.8

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ChLFW9puDYbt99NfUYJHNyc63oDxMLH3 

¹⁰ Google doc

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LRlOi-BXCJS9C3PjiH-PAYRmAKtg9B71/edit 

¹¹Unknown, ‘Sydney Morning Herald’, Fairfax Media, 1942 April, p. 7, Divorce court

¹²Unknown, ‘The Argus’, Melbourne, 22nd Jan 1947, p.20, advertising

¹³Google doc

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LRlOi-BXCJS9C3PjiH-PAYRmAKtg9B71/edit 

Bibliography

¹ Edward Patrick Noonan, ‘Macleay Chronicle’,  Edward Patrick Noonan, Kempsey, NSW, 1906 20 September, p. 5.

 ² Google Drive, class reports  https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ChLFW9puDYbt99NfUYJHNyc63oDxMLH3.

 ³Google doc

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A6-VGheikeZrVLRdgfO5AxV-hpg9C8G-/edit.

 ⁸ ‘Headquarters, 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade’, 3rd Army Bde Compiler, Orderly Officer, 1919 Janurary, p. 3. 

¹¹ ‘Sydney Morning Herald’, Fairfax Media, 1942 April, p. 7, Divorce court.

 ¹² ‘The Argus’, Melbourne, 22nd Jan 1947, p.20, advertising