[9] Recruited from Collegians in 1909,[10] he played his first match for Melbourne against Essendon on 10 July 1909.
His second, and last match for Melbourne, in which he kicked his only VFL goal, was against Geelong on 21 August 1909.
[13] He was wounded in the Battle of Messines on 7 June 1917[14] but recovered from his injuries and rejoined his battalion three months later.
[15] Maxwell was killed in action on 12 October 1917 at the First Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium.
[16][12][17][18] He has no known grave[19] and is commemorated at the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing in Ypres, Belgium.