MAXTED, Spencer Edward
| Service Numbers: | 613, Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 11 September 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) |
| Last Unit: | Australian Army Chaplains' Department |
| Born: | Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 23 June 1882 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Trinity College, Melbourne & Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Anglican Padre |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 19 July 1916, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot 1, Row K, Grave 2 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 613 | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 613, 1st Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 613, 1st Field Ambulance, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 18 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 613, 1st Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 1 Jan 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Australian Army Chaplains' Department | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain (Chaplain 4th Class) , Officer, Australian Army Chaplains' Department, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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Red Cross report on death
Was blown to bits when helping to bandage some of the wounded at Fleurbaix. He might not have been so good in the pulpit but, my word, he was the gamest man in the 54th.
He just hopped over the trenches with the rest when the charge was on and said 'there are going to be a lot of casualties, and I'll help you all I can'. I told him to loo out and be careful, but he said 'We will all be wanted today. My Word, he said our boys are brave.' He was very clever bandaging, and while he was busy was blown to bits. He was plucky.
The Rev. F. G. Masters, who died in England recently, was rector of All Souls', St. Peters. from 1900 till 1904. He was married there in 1900 to Miss Maude Todd. daughter of Sir Charles Todd. and two of his three daughters- who are now in England were born in the parish. In 1904 he went to Holy Trinity Church. Balaclava. Melbourne, and from there in 1920 to St Luke's. Bath. England. Ten years later lie was appointed to St Mary Abchurch London, a Wren Church, the living being in the gift of his old college. Corpus Christi Cambridge. Mr. Masters did a great work among lay readers of the Diocese of London.
PREACHER KILLED IN ACTION
The Rev. S.E. Maxted's Career
The Rev. S.E. Maxted, who was killed while gallantly leading a charge in France, was at one time stipendiary reader in Christ church, Melton, where he finished his first year of Arts. He used to ride a bicycle to the University several times a week and by perseverance gained, in 1906, a scholarship at Trinity College. He was a contemporary there of the present vicar, The Rev. J.H. Allen.
After his graduation he was ordained a deacon and priest, and was assistant curate of Christ Church, St. Kidla. He afterwards went to Sydney, where he obtained the London University degree of Bachelor of Divinity. He was proceeding to take his degree of Doctor of Divinity when the war broke out, and he enlisted as a private in the AIF. After seeing service in Gallipoli he was appointed a military chaplain.
He leaves a widow and two children.
Daily Herald Wednesday 23 August 1916 page 3
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