MAXWELL, Edward
| Service Numbers: | 2202, 2202A |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Waterloo, New South Wales, Australia, 15 May 1894 |
| Home Town: | Bankstown, Bankstown, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | East Hills Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2202, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2202, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2202, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 2202A, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2202A awm_unit: 3 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Edward Maxwell only left Australia during June 1915 and was taken on strength of the 3rd Battalion on 4 August 1915, only a few days before the unit took part in the vicious heavy fighting at the Battle of Lone Pine, a trench fight which lasted over five days and caused extremely heavy casualties amongst the assaulting units like the 3rd Battalion. He survived Lone Pine, a brutal introduction to the war and served at Gallipoli until the evacuation.
At Pozieres, the 3rd Battalion’s first big battle in France he was shot in the shoulder on 21 July 1916 and sent hospital to recover. He rejoined the battalion at the front during August 1916. During 1917 he was evacuated to England with trench fever and returned to the 3rd Battalion in Belgium during July 1917. He died during the Battle of Broodseinde in Belgium on 4 October 1917. He was buried by his mates, given a battlefield grave, but his grave and many others were lost after the war due to the heavy shelling which took place for many months.
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