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#15200 - Grave of Sgt T. J. Maxwell, 7th Light Horse Regiment

Resource ID
Location
15200
Photograph 1497
Title/subtitle
Grave of Sgt T. J. Maxwell, 7th Light Horse Regiment
Picture
Grave of Sgt T. J. Maxwell, 7th Light Horse Regiment
Format
Photograph
Physical description
1 black and white photograph 7.5cm x 12.5cm
Summary
Wooden cross marking the grave of Sgt T. J. Maxwell, 7th Light Horse, Killed in action 7 May 1918. Thomas Joseph Maxwell was born in Tuggeranong in 1886 and attended the Tuggeranong Public School. He enlisted on 21 September 1914 and was killed by a bomb in an air raid in Palestine. The grave is now part of the Jerusalem War Cemetery.
Availability
Not for loan. Copy may be purchased.
Notes
Reverse of photograph annotated 'Son of T. P. Maxwell'. There is a second wooden cross in the background with identical information.
Thomas Phillip Maxwell was an auctioneer with a his business located in Monaro Street, Queanbeyan.