MAXWELL, Charles Herbert Garfield
| Service Number: | 2233 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 September 1912 |
| Last Rank: | Able Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Cerberus (Shore) |
| Born: | Howard, Queensland, Australia, 26 October 1893 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 28 May 1942, aged 48 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 30 Sep 1912: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 2233 | |
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| 13 Mar 1919: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 2233 |
World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Stoker, 2233, HMAS Cerberus (Shore) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Garf was the second of five children of Arthur Frederick Maxwell (born 1870 in Maryborough, QLD) and Isabella Bain (born 1871 in Maryborough, QLD. Arthur worked as a Striker and Miner in Maryborough, and married Isabella in 1891. The family moved to Brisbane, QLD in 1909, where Arthur was working as a Labourer when he enlisted in the AIF in 1915.
Garf was eighteen years of age when he enlisted in the RAN in September 1912. He was a Stoker (Service No:2233) on HMAS Cerberus, Encounter and Australia and saw service in German New Guinea. He was Discharged in March 1919. Garf's father Arthur (Lance Corporal, Service No:1269) and brothers Arthur Reginald (Private, Service No:3357) and Victor Alexander (Private, Service No:3683) also served in WWI.
Returning to Brisbane in 1919, Garf worked as an Engine Driver, and died in 1942.
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