Captain William Ernest MARKWELL, a 25 year old Grazier from Kargorum, Beaudesert, Queensland. He enlisted in the AIF on 21 August 1914 and was allotted to the 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF, "A" Squadron which embarked from Brisbane, Queensland on board HMAT A15 Star of England 24 September 1914. During the Great War MARKWELL was Killed in Action, 31 October 1917, at Beersheba, Palestine. MARKWELL was awarded the DSO, and Mentioned in Despatches.

The Queenslander, 26 September 1914, p. 23.