John Walter Maxwell CARROLL

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CARROLL, John Walter Maxwell

Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	16 April 1917
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	Sea Transport Staff
Born:	Rome, Italy, 1864
Home Town:	Ivanhoe, Banyule, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Captain, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

16 Apr 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, Officer, Sea Transport Staff
11 May 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Major, Sea Transport Staff, Embarked 11 May 1917 from Melbourne aboard Ascanius (A11), disembarking Devonport, England 20 Jul 1917.
30 Apr 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Major, Sea Transport Staff, While serving in France with 4th Battalion suffered illness in Jan 1918 resulting in Debility. Embarked 24 Jan 1918 aboard Dunluce and 10 Mar 1918 aboard Karoola to return to Australia, discharged 30 Apr 1918.
Date unknown:	Involvement Major, Sea Transport Staff

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

John Walter Maxwell Carrol was born ca. 1864 in Rome, Italy. Prior to arriving in Australia he had served for two years as Her Majesty's Commissioner in West Africa. He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1.

His first service was as a Captain=Adjutant with the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. His service was interrupted by illness due to malaria returning to Australia aboard the Orient arriving Brisbane 16 Jan 1901 to convalesce, returning to service on 14 Feb 1901. On his return to Autralia after completion of service he remained n the Queensland permanent staff.

In 1917 while living at Ivanhoe, victoria, he enlisted for WW1 serving as a Major in the 4th Battalion (Sea Transport Service) AIF. In Jan 1918 while serving in France he was taken ill resulting in debility and his return to Australia for discharge. At the time of his enlistment he noted he was living at 'Marylands' at Ivanhoe in Victoria and he was married to Maud Rees Maxwell Carroll.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 479; National Archives Boer War Dossier; 'The Custodian' newspaper article The Albany Advertiser 22 Apr 1902; National Archives WW1 service record).

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