Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei waahanga - I whanau a Joseph Maroicic i te 6 o Paenga-whawha 1812 i Oberswidnik, i te Kaunihera o Sáros o te Kingi o Hungary (Slovakia o tenei ra). I te whai i nga tapuwae o tona papa, ka tiimata a Joseph Maroicic ki te mahi hoia me te ako i te kura cadet i te 1825. I te tau 1830 ka riro ia hei ensign i te 60th Infantry Regiment. I whakatairangahia ki te rangatira i te 1831 me te rangatira tuatahi i te 1834, i tukuna a Maroicic ki te General Staff. I whakatairangahia ki te rangatira i te tau 1843, i uru a Marocic ki te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Motuhake o Itari (1848). Whai muri i te mutunga o te pakanga Itari, i whakatairangahia ia ki te rangatira i te 1849 a ka waiho hei rangatira o nga kaimahi o te 3rd Army Corps. Whai muri i tana mahi hei rangatira mo nga kaimahi o te 4th Army Corps, i whakatairangahia a Maroicic ki te koromatua-koronel ka whakawhiti ki te 1st Army Corps i mahi tahi ai ia ki te whakaeke o Hungarian
He aha? I muri i te wa poto i te Tumuaki Matua, i whakatairangahia a Maroicic ki te koromatua i te marama o Noema 1849 ka whakawhiwhia ki te rangatira o te Oguliner Grenz Regiment nr. Ko te 3. I te tau 1850 i whakahonoretia ia hei Freiherr ka whakawhiwhia ki a ia te taitara roa "von Madonna del Monte" ki tona ingoa.