Maxfield, Gordon Loris, MC (Captain, b.1889 - d.1917)

Places	Europe: Belgium, Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Albert Bapaume Area, Pozieres Area, Pozieres Europe: France, Picardie, Somme, Bapaume Cambrai Area, Bullecourt Europe: Greece, Aegean Islands, Lemnos, Mudros Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli
Accession Number	1DRL/0489
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	1 oversized wallet: 3 cms
Object type	Letter
Maker	Maxfield, Gordon Loris
Place made	Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made	1927
Access	Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room.	AWM93 12/11/115
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain
Copying Provisions	Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.

Description

Collection relating to Captain Gordon Loris Maxfield, 24 Battalion, Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front, 1915-1917. The collection consists of a bound volume made by the Australian War Memorial, titled 'Letters of Capt. G. L. Maxfield, M.C.' The volume contains photostat copies of numerous letters written by Captain Gordon Maxfield to his parents; a studio portrait photograph of Captain Maxfield (in uniform); photostat copies of newspaper clippings; Red Cross Enquiry Bureau messages, and a letter of condolence written by 62 Sergeant William Henry Davey, 24 Battalion. Copies made by the Australian War Memorial. Location of originals unknown.

History / Summary

Biographical note: Captain Gordon Loris Maxfield, MC, 24 Battalion, AIF. Killed in action, 3 May, 1917, at Bullecourt, aged 28. Son of James Edward and Jane Maxfield, of Euroa, Victoria. Born at Longwood, Victoria. Other biographical details concerning him are: Secretary; of Euroa, Victoria; educated at the Euroa State School.