William Maxwell (12 April 1882 – 12 October 1917) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p.562.
Family The son of Charles Frederick Maxwell (1849–1889),Deaths: Maxwell, The Argus, (Wednesday, 5 June 1889), p.1. and Eliza Jane Maxwell (1852–1925), née Mooney,Marriages:Maxwell—Mooney, The Argus, (Friday, 1 May 1874), p.1.Deaths: Maxwell, The Argus, (Monday, 16 February 1925), p.1. William Maxwell was born at Caulfield, Victoria on 12 April 1882.Births: Maxwell, The Argus, (Thursday, 27 April 1882), p.1.
Education He was educated at Scotch College, in St Kilda,Service Record.St. Kilda Scotch College, The Prahran Telegraph, (Saturday, 25 December 1897), p.3. formerly known as the Hofwyl School,Scotch College (1878-1902), St Kilda Historical Society. an entirely different institution from the Scotch College, then in East Melbourne, now in Hawthorn.A Scotch College in St Kilda, Great Scot, December 2010.
Football Recruited from Collegians in 1909,The League: Essendon v. Melbourne, The Herald, (Saturday, 10 July 1909), p.6. he played his first match for Melbourne against Essendon on 10 July 1909.
His second, and last match for Melbourne, in which he kicked his only VFL goal, was against Geelong on 21 August 1909.Geelong v. Melbourne: A Win for Melbourne, The Geelong Advertiser, (Monday, 23 August 1909), p.6.
Military service Maxwell served as a lieutenant with the 38th Battalion during World War I. He left Australia on 20 June 1916 on HMAT Runic (A54).Embarkation Roll.
He was wounded in the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917317th Casualty List. but recovered from his injuries and rejoined his battalion three months later.
Death Maxwell was killed in action on 12 October 1917 at the First Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium.359th Casualty List.Roll of Honour.Died on Service: Maxwell, The Argus, (Friday, 9 November 1917), p.1.
He has no known graveRed Cross Bureau. and is commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ypres, Belgium.Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
See also List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service
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References
World War One Embarkation Roll: Second Lieutenant William Maxwell, collection of the Australian War Memorial. World War One Nominal Roll: Lieutenant William Maxwell, collection of the Australian War Memorial. World War One Service Record: Lieutenant William Maxwell, National Archives of Australia. Australian Red Cross Society Wounded and Missing Enquiry Bureau files, 1914-18 War: 1DRL/0428: Lieutenant William Maxwell, in the collection of the Australian War Museum. Australia's Roll of Honor: 317th Casualty List: Severely Wounded: Victoria, The Age, (Tuesday, 3 July 1917), p.6. 359th Casualty List: Killed in Action, The Herald, (Thursday, 29 November 1917), p.9. Lieutenant William Maxwell, Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Roll of Honour: Lieutenant William Maxwell, Australian War Memorial.
External links
Bill Maxwell, at Demonwiki.