BAUMAN, Joseph Maxwell
| Service Number: | 84 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 17 October 1881 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gunsmith, Locksmith |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 25 July 1965, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 8 Section 35 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 84, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 24 Sep 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 31st Infantry Battalion, Promoted to Armourer Sergeant 24 Sep 1915. | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Involvement 84, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1915: | Embarked 84, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 19 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 84, 31st Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Joseph Maxwell Bauman (recorded as Max Joseph Bauman on Qld BDM records) was born on 17 Oct 1881 in Brisbane, a son to Max Joseph Bauman and Pauline Auguste Caroline Bauman (nee Richter). He married Olive Beatrice Elliot on 15 Dec 1925 in Brisbane.
He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 468 in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Amourer Sergeant S.N. 84 in the 31st Infantry Battalion AIF WW1. He was awarded a MBE (civil list) in 1937.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; National Archives Australia WW1 service records).
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