Maxwell Royden BOSSWARD

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BOSSWARD, Maxwell Royden

Service Numbers:	6623, TX4224
Enlisted:	15 March 1939
Last Rank:	Warrant Officer Class 1
Last Unit:	Australian Army Medical Corps (WW2)
Born:	Devonport, Tasmania, Australia, 15 March 1919
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Campbell St Practising School, Tasmania
Occupation:	Male Nurse & Permanent Soldier
Died:	Illness (dysentry), Thailand, 26 December 1943, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Kanchanaburi War Cemetery 1 F 69
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Devonport WW2 and Korean Wars Supreme Sacrifice Memorial

Non Warlike Service

15 Mar 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), 6623

World War 2 Service

14 Jan 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 1, TX4224
26 Dec 1943:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Warrant Officer Class 1, TX4224, Australian Army Medical Corps (WW2), 2/4 Casualty Clearing Station

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Biography contributed

Maxwell Royden BOSSWARD was born in Devonport, Tasmania on 15th March, 1919

His parents were Samuel Royden BOSSWARD & Florence Maud POOLE

He first enlisted on 8th May, 1939 and served for 3 and a half years with the Australian Army Medical Corp, 1 year with the AAMC (P) and also the AIO before enlisting for war service on 15th January, 1941

He died of illness whilst a prisoner of war in Thailand on 26th December, 1943

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