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George MURRAY

Regimental number2732
Place of birthFremantle, Western Australia
SchoolBayswater State School, Western Australia
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFireman
AddressMerredin PO, Merredin, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Austin, King William Street, Bayswater, Western Australia
Enlistment date17 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 2 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll13th Light Trench Mortar Battery
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of pneumonia at Tidworth Hospital, England.
FateDied of disease 16 January 1917
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialTidworth Military Cemtery (Row C, Grave No. 255), North Tidworth, Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
20
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of Jane AUSTIN (formerly MURRAY), King William Street, Bayswater, Western Australia and the late George Mason MURRAY
Family/military connectionsNephew to Sgt Hugh Murray died of wounds 21st August 1915 Gallipoli. Step-brother to Lieut A C Sinclair killed in action 29th Sept 1918 France.

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