MAXWELL, William Phillip Oscar
| Service Number: | 1944 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 33rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Picton, New South Wales, Australia, 24 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Portland, Lithgow, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Train Driver |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 30 March 1918, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" commemorated at VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mudgee Anglican Parish of Mudgee Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 1944, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 1944, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 12 Feb 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 33rd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Anthony Ralston
William Philip Oscar was born on 24 October 1891 in Picton, New South Wales, Australia. To Philip and Ellen Maxwell nee' Cunningham. He married Mary Augustina Martin O'BRIEN in 1912 in Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia. They had two children during their marriage. William enlisted into the AIF on the 28 February 1916 and he fought on the Western Front, William was shot in battle and as he was being stretchered to an aid station he died on 30 March 1918 in Hangard, Somme, France, at the age of 26, and was buried in Villers-Bretonneux, Somme, France. He was Survived by his wife & two young children.
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