Regimental number | 3170 |
Place of birth | North Sydney, New South Wales |
School | Fort Street Public School, Sydney, New South Wales |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Clergyman |
Address | Lake Macquarie, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 30 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Bessie Hilton Murray, 'Morella', Toronto, Lake Macquarie, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served as Naval Chaplain in Newcastle, NSW. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 35th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/52/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Enlisted as a Private from the Methodist Mission Newcastle. Give his place to a comrade at Passchendaele where the s/bearers went for him. Has not been heard of since. (Wife) |
Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 32 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 32 |
Place of burial | Buttes New British Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 4), Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 125 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Alexander and isabella MURRAY; husband of Bessie H. MURRAY, Toronto, New South Wales. Native of North Sydney, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Brother-in-laws Lieut R C Cather MM MC & Bar and Sgt W I Cather MM. |