Mad Dog Moxley
“His father, Walter Sylvanus, born in Queensland, was a commercial traveller; his mother, Jane nee Hudson, was English. Moxley was the fourth child after a brother and two sisters.
Nothing definite is known of Moxley's early life. He claimed that his father was shot dead when he was a child and that he had accidentally shot and killed his brother when he was nine years old. Truthfulness was not one of Moxley's attributes, and at the time he made this claim he was attempting to establish grounds ...for a plea of insanity. Queensland and New South Wales registers of deaths in the relevant period do not bear out Moxley's statement. In fact, his brother fathered two children in 1909 and 1913.
As was common for working-class children until well into the 20th century, Moxley left school at what would now be considered a very early age. His first job, in Sydney in 1912 when he was 13 years of age, was as a telephone operator at Sydney University.
A later – sensationalist – newspaper report describes Moxley as ‘semi-moronic’, but this was not the case.MoreLess
Nothing definite is known of Moxley's early life. He claimed that his father was shot dead when he was a child and that he had accidentally shot and killed his brother when he was nine years old. Truthfulness was not one of Moxley's attributes, and at the time he made this claim he was attempting to establish grounds ...for a plea of insanity. Queensland and New South Wales registers of deaths in the relevant period do not bear out Moxley's statement. In fact, his brother fathered two children in 1909 and 1913.
As was common for working-class children until well into the 20th century, Moxley left school at what would now be considered a very early age. His first job, in Sydney in 1912 when he was 13 years of age, was as a telephone operator at Sydney University.
A later – sensationalist – newspaper report describes Moxley as ‘semi-moronic’, but this was not the case.MoreLess
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