At a time when global events feel polarising, the traditional 11:00 am minute of silence which will be observed on Remembrance Day in Daylesford next Tuesday will act as a rare equaliser. It will invite our community of diverse multicultural backgrounds, generations, and beliefs to pause simultaneously. This collective pause will transform Vincent Street into a unified environment, reinforcing a shared local commitment to peace, social stability, and looking out for one another.
As the haunting tones of The Last Post ring out, they will ensure that the cost of service represented by the names on our Cenotaph in Burke Square is acknowledged by our neighbours and their families.
One of the local families whose name appears on our war memorial sacrificed more than could be imagined during World War 1. Not only are two members of the Muxworthy family listed, but a third and fourth members, not named on the Cenotaph, also served during that war.
Sapper David George Muxworthy
David Muxworthy lived at Sailors Hill, was 21 years old. He was a bricklayer. He enlisted in the AIF on 18 February 1916 and sailed for Europe on 25 May 1916. He joined the Mining Corps No.5 Tunnelling Company on arrival.
David was wounded in action on 27 February1918. He went to London when he wasn’t granted leave and was punished for it.
While in London, he married Ada Elizabeth Crewe in Lambeth, London.
He was discharged on 18 October 1920.
David was the younger brother of Thomas Muxworthy who is listed on our Memorial. His father, Sapper Thomas Muxworthy also served.
Private Thomas Muxworthy
Thomas Muxworthy, was a miner, lived with his older brother David and father Thomas at Sailors Hill, enlisted on 5 July 1915 in the 21st Infantry Battalion, and sailed for Europe on18 November 1915.
He was admitted to Helippolis Hospital with influenza on 15 January 1918. He was wounded in action on 29 September 1918, received a “mild” gunshot wound to his buttock on 16 October 1918 and was reported seriously ill on 1 November 1918.
He returned to Australia on 17 March 1919.
Sapper Thomas Muxworthy (father)
Thomas Muxworthy (father to both David and Thomas) was a widower. He enlisted on 28 February 1916 at the age of 44 years. David and his father were both in the same Company and travelled overseas on the same ship.
Private Archaelus Axland Muxworthy
Archaelus Muxworthy livedin Vincent Street Daylesford with his father Archaelus. He enlisted on 12 May 1916 in the 59th Infantry Battalion. He left Australia for France on 1 August 1916. He was admitted to hospital on 2 February 1917 and was diagnosed with suspected mumps.
He was killed in action on 16 October 1917 in Belgium aged 25 years. He is buried in the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders.
They shall grow not old
As we that are left grow old.
Source: Discovering Daylesford State School ANZACs: Unravelling the Honour Board. April 2016 held by. https://daylesfordmuseum.net/
Remembrance Day 11/11/2026 at the Daylesford RSL. Arrive at the RSL at 10.30 am for a short walk to the Cenotaph for a service of Remembrance at 11 am. After there will be tea and coffee available at the RSL
