Bill Maxwell

Bill Maxwell
Personal information
Full name William Maxwell
Date of birth (1882-04-12)12 April 1882
Place of birth Caulfield, Victoria
Date of death 12 October 1917(1917-10-12) (aged 35)
Place of death Passchendaele, Ypres,
Belgium
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1909 Melbourne 2 (1)
1 Playing statistics correct to end of 1909 season.

William "Bill" Maxwell (12 April 1882 – 12 October 1917) was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL). [1]

Maxwell served as a Lieutenant with the 38th Battalion during World War I.[2] He was wounded in the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917, but recovered from his injuries and rejoined his battalion three months later.[3] On 12 October 1917, Maxwell was killed in action at Passchendaele in Belgium.[2][4]

Notes

  1. Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 562. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
  2. 1 2 "Details - William Maxwell". Australian Defence Force Academy. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  3. "Killed In Action.". The Age (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 6 November 1917. p. 6. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  4. "Roll of Honour: William Maxwell". Australian War Memorial. Retrieved 22 April 2015.

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