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Murray Charles BAX

Regimental number107
Place of birthMannum, South Australia
SchoolMount Pleasant State School; St Peter's Collegiate School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationAuctioneer
AddressMt Pleasant, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 4.5"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs. C. Bax, Mt Pleasant, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 August 1914
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/8/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 22 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Light Horse Regiment
FateDied of wounds 10 January 1917
Age at death29.9
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialKantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row F, Grave No. 193), Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
3
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles F and Elizabeth Jane BAX, Mount Pleasant, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 524 Pte Alexander Hartley BAX, 3rd Light Horse, killed in action, Gallipoli, 30 May 1915; 106 Pte Ben Robert BAX, 3rd Light Horse, returned to Australia, 13 October 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, BAX Murray Charles

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