Maxwell, Duncan Struan

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M.C., M.B. : Captain, 52nd Battn. and 3rd A.L.H. Regt., A.I.F., Gallipoli, Egypt and France. Enlisting in 3rd A.L.H. Regt. 19th August, 1914, and sailing 19th October, landed in Gallipoli in May, 1915, and fought till 13th December, when invalided to hospital, Alexandria. Rejoining regt. near Wardan, Egypt, in March, was transferred to 52nd Battn. on formation at Tel-el-Kebir on 14th, commissioned on 17th and served on Suez Canal until 9th June and, crossing to France, on the Somme and in Flanders. On 1st April, 1917, was appointed A.D.C. to G.O.C.

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1914

Military and health.Enlisted 19 Aug 1914
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Military service as Captain at Gallipoli --, Turkey ; Egypt --, Egypt ; France --, France
1925

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1925
1927

Medical Practitioner at Strathfield -- NSW, Australia 1927
1933

Medical Practitioner at Cootamundra -- NSW, Australia 1933
1939

Medical Practitioner at Cootamundra -- NSW, Australia 1939
1947

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 29 August 1947
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Military award: M.C. Military Cross on

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