| Regimental number | 255 |
| Place of birth | Gisborne, Victoria |
| School | State School, Victoria |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Grocer |
| Address | 10 Reeve Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria |
| Marital status | Married |
| Age at embarkation | 23 |
| Next of kin | Wife, Mrs May Pearl Maggs, 10 Reeve Street, Clifton Hill, Victoria |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 3rd Pioneer Battalion, A Company |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/15/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Corporal |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Messines, Belgium |
| Age at death | 24.7 |
| Place of burial | Strand Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No. 1), Ploegsteert, Belgium |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 173 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Sarah MAGGS; husband of Mary Pearl MAGGS, 109 Napier Street, Fitzroy, Victoria. Native of Gisborne, Victoria |
| Family/military connections | Brother Frank Godfrey Maggs killed in Belgium. |