PAXTON, William Murie
| Service Number: | 2403 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 May 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, NSW, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Canberra Community Hospital, Canberra, ACT, 28 January 1949, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woden (Canberra) Public Cemetery, ACT |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2403, 1st Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 14 Jul 1915: | Involvement Private, 2403, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Jul 1915: | Embarked Private, 2403, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs Mary Paxton, 42 Cowles Road, Mosman, New South Wales
ON.—January 28, 1949, at Canberra Community Hospital, William Murie, beloved husband of Catherine and loving father of Robert and Wilma.
Aged 52 years.
R.I.P.
PAXTON. — The relatives and friends of the late William Murie Paxton, late of 59 Captain Cook Crescent, are kindly invited to attend his funeral which will leave St. Christopher's Church, Manunka, at 11 a.m. this day for the Canberra Cemetery. Canberra Funeral Directors, A.F.D.A., Manuka, Canberra Phones B201, B713, F362.
Requiem Mass for the repose of the Soul of the late William Murie Paxton, will be celebrated at St Christopher's Church, Manuka at 9 a.m. this day, Saturday.
PAXTON.—Kingston Sub-branch R.S.S.A.I.L.A. Members of the above sub-branch are requested to attend the funeral of their late comrade William Murie Paxton (Bluey) late 14th Field Coy Engineers, 1st A.I.F., to leave St Christopher's Church at 11 a.m. A bus will follow the cortege from the church
R. H. BROWN,
Secretary.
PAXTON. — Canberra Highland Society and Burns' Club members are respectfully invited to attend the funeral of the late William Murie Paxton to leave St. Christopher's Church this morning at 11 o clock.
PAXTON. — Ex-servicemen are invited to attend the funeral of their late Comrade, William Murie (Bluey) Paxton, 14th Field Coy Engineers , A.I.F., which will leave St. Christopher's Church, Manuka, at 11 a.m. this day (Saturday) for interment in the Returned Soldiers' Portion of Canberra General Cemetery. A special bus will leave the Church with the Cortege.
H. K. JOYCE,
President.
Returned Servicemen's League
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