WISEMAN, Maxwell
| Service Numbers: | SX28870, S2926 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 8 March 1943 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Docks Operating Company |
| Born: | Cowell, South Australia, 26 September 1923 |
| Home Town: | Cowell, Franklin Harbour, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Cowell Public SchooL, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Fisherman |
| Died: | Accidental (Drowning), New Guinea, 4 December 1944, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lae State Cemetery, Lae, Lae District, Morobe, Papua New Guinea J. B. 1. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowell Franklin Harbour WW2 Roll of Honour, Cowell War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 8 Mar 1943: | Involvement Sapper, SX28870 | |
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| 8 Mar 1943: | Involvement Sapper, S2926 | |
| 8 Mar 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX28870 | |
| 4 Dec 1944: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sapper, 2nd/2nd Docks Operating Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Colleen Peters
Maxwell Wiseman (Max) was the third youngest of 14 children, 6 boys & 8 girls. He attended Cowell Public School and left after completing Year 7.
….. always a popular lad amongst his pals, both at school and as a youth. He was of a quiet disposition and well behaved (excerpt from Eyre’s Peninsula Tribune 14 December 1944).
After school, Max worked as a labourer and a fisherman.
On 18 July 1941 Max joined the Army as a Reservist and reported for duty with the 25th Garrison Battalion at Loveday at the POW Camp, South Australia. (Civilians in Australia deemed “enemy aliens” – mostly those of German, Italian and Japanese descent – were housed in internment camps as were POWs- prisoners of war.) He transferred to No 9 Internment Camp which housed Italian internees. Whilst at Loveday he attended a Rations Course.
On 8 March 1943 Max volunteered for the AIF & attended Infantry Training at Victoria Park, Adelaide. On 30 August 1943 Max marched out from Loveday and entrained to the RAE (Royal Australian Engineers) Wagga, NSW Training Camp. From Wagga Max marched out to 2/2 Aust Docks Operational Company as a Stevedore Grade 3.
On 21 September 1943 Max embarked at Brisbane aboard “Anhui” & arrived at Buna Bay New Guinea 8 October 1943.
On 4 December 1944, whilst on Duty at 2/2 Aust Docks, Lae, and unloading petrol drums, he stepped back off the landing stage and fell into the water between the ship and the wharf. He sustained a head injury and drowned. Max was known to have been a strong swimmer.
Max is buried at the Lae War Cemetery j.B.1 Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
Links/Information:
Camp 9 - Loveday Internment Camp, located near Barmera in the Riverland district of South Australia
VWMA
Julie Berryman – niece
Loveday Camp 9 - Wikipedia
National Archives Australia - RecordSearch
Cowell RSL WW2 Full Biographies - B Stocker
(Biography compiled by S Grund Cowell RSL - for Remembrance Pk Project).
Biography contributed by Colleen Peters
Maxwell Wiseman (Max) was the third youngest of 14 children, 6 boys & 8 girls. He attended Cowell Public School and left after completing Year 7.
….. always a popular lad amongst his pals, both at school and as a youth. He was of a quiet disposition and well behaved (excerpt from Eyre’s Peninsula Tribune 14 December 1944).
After school, Max worked as a labourer and a fisherman.
On 18 July 1941 Max joined the Army as a Reservist and reported for duty with the 25th Garrison Battalion at Loveday at the POW Camp, South Australia. (Civilians in Australia deemed “enemy aliens” – mostly those of German, Italian and Japanese descent – were housed in internment camps as were POWs- prisoners of war.) He transferred to No 9 Internment Camp which housed Italian internees. Whilst at Loveday he attended a Rations Course.
On 8 March 1943 Max volunteered for the AIF & attended Infantry Training at Victoria Park, Adelaide. On 30 August 1943 Max marched out from Loveday and entrained to the RAE (Royal Australian Engineers) Wagga, NSW Training Camp. From Wagga Max marched out to 2/2 Aust Docks Operational Company as a Stevedore Grade 3.
On 21 September 1943 Max embarked at Brisbane aboard “Anhui” & arrived at Buna Bay New Guinea 8 October 1943.
On 4 December 1944, whilst on Duty at 2/2 Aust Docks, Lae, and unloading petrol drums, he stepped back off the landing stage and fell into the water between the ship and the wharf. He sustained a head injury and drowned. Max was known to have been a strong swimmer.
Max is buried at the Lae War Cemetery j.B.1 Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea.
Links/Information:
Camp 9 - Loveday Internment Camp, located near Barmera in the Riverland district of South Australia
VWMA
Julie Berryman – niece
Loveday Camp 9 - Wikipedia
National Archives Australia - RecordSearch
Cowell RSL WW2 Full Biographies - B Stocker
(Biography compiled by S Grund Cowell RSL - for Remembrance Pk Project).
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