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George Wren MURRAY

Regimental number422
Place of birthFairy Burn, Orange, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressFairy Burn, Orange, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Mr Murray, Cargo Road, Orange, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in Militia and in the 9th Light Horse.
Enlistment date22 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/6/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A16 Star of Victoria on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of pleurisy and heart failure at Tidsworth, England.
FateDied of disease 17 January 1918
Place of death or woundingEngland
Age at death25.11
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialTidworth Military Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 265), North Tidworth, Wiltshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
16
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Orange Cemetery, New South Wales. Father: William MURRAY, 1859-1926 (bu. Orange Cemetery); Mother: Alice MURRAY (d. 30 October 1949, aged 86; bu. Orange Cemetery).
Family/military connectionsUncle received MM and six cousins killed.

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