William Thomas AXTILL [12353]

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Kerang Times and Swan Hill Gazette (Vic. : 1877 - 1889) View title info Tue 4 May 1886
Page 2
Government Gazette.
Government Gazette.
Crown Lands Bailiff Mounted-Constable William Thomas Axtill has been appointed Crown Lands Bailiff in, and for, the colony of Victoria.

Axtill William Thomas : SERN DEPOT : POB Ballarat VIC : POE Melbourne VIC : NOK C Axtill Sydney R enlisted 29 July 1915
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On his enlistment papers, William gives his age as 44 years and 10 months. He was actually 51 years of age at the time. He had problems with an ankle he had broken after enlistment and this caused him problems with standing and marching.

The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) Wed 29 Mar 1916 Page 9
COURTS-MARTIAL.
COURTS-MARTIAL.
The following sentences of courts-martial have been confirmed.
Private William Thomas Axtill, 10th Depot. Batt A I F., charged with having stolen goods the property of a comrade, and with having committed civil offence (that is to say, housebreaking?), was found guilty, and sentenced to be imprisoned with hard labour for 90 days, and to be discharged with ignominy from His Majesty's service
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News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954) Thu 1 Apr 1943 Page 3
Claim for Third of £10,000 Prize in Lottery
Claim for Third Of £10,000
Prize in Lottery
MELBOURNE.-Claiming a third share in a £10,000 prize and a £200 bonus in a Tasmanian lottery, William Axtill, 77, retired butcher, of White Hills, near Bendigo, today brought an action in the Banco Court against John Cahill, of Elsternwick.
Axtill alleged that on May 4, 1942, he, Cahill, and Axtill's daughter (Mrs. Doris Holmes) had verbally agreed to buy a ticket in the lottery.
They drew first prize, but Cahill refused to pay Axtill his share of the proceeds. Saying that the story told by Axtill was a concoction, and that the evidence of Mrs. Holmes was incredible in many respects. the Chief Justice (Sir Frederick Mann) entered judgment for Cahill with costs.

Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954) Fri 2 Apr 1943 Page 3
CLAIMED SHARE OF LOTTERY PRIZE
CLAIMED SHARE OF
LOTTERY PRIZE
MELBOURNE, Thursday.- Claiming a third share in a £10,000 prize and a £200 bonus in a Tasmanian lottery, William Axtill (77), of White Hills, Bendigo, retired butcher, to-day brought a action in the Bendigo Court against John Cahill, of Point Nepean Road, Elsternwick.
The Chief Justice (Sir John Latham) dismissed the claim and entered judgment for Cahill, with costs.

William Thomas Axtill married Mary Davidge in 1937 (12676 / 1937)

William married Alice Emma BLENCOWE [12352] [MRIN: 4269], daughter of John BLENCOWE [12049] and Emma SCOWN [9332], in 1888 in , Victoria, Australia.⁸⁹⁴² (Alice Emma BLENCOWE [12352] was born in 1863, died on 4 Dec 1908 in Saint Arnaud, VIC, Australia ⁸⁹⁴³ and was buried on 6 Dec 1908 in Birchip, Vic, Australia.)