The Maitland RSL sub-branch has launched a campaign to honour the city’s only Victoria Cross recipient, Joseph Maxwell.
Mr Maxwell fought at Gallipoli in World War I and was awarded the Victoria Cross for most conspicuous bravery and leadership in an attack on the Beaurevoir-Fonsomme line, near Estrees, north of St Quentin in France on October 3, 1918.
Mr Maxwell fought at Gallipoli in World War I and was awarded the Victoria Cross for most conspicuous bravery and leadership in an attack on the Beaurevoir-Fonsomme line, near Estrees, north of St Quentin in France on October 3, 1918.
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