Regimental number | 70 |
Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria |
School | Caulfield Grammar School, Victoria |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farming |
Address | Glenroy, Melbourne, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 19 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Mary Murrell, Glenroy, Melbourne, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served only as a school cadet rank of colour sergeant. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 22nd Battalion Head-Quarters Staff |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/39/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Brigade Machine Gun Company |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Killed instantaneously whilst succouring shell shocked comrade (Gunner Findley). His officer J Cambell wrote "Our objective was a ridge on which were the last two lines of German trenches. Advanced without any cover in view of Germans and got a rough handling - not half the men reached ridge - shelled from three sides." |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
Age at death | 20 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Courceletter British Cemetery (Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 10), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 179 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles and Mary MURRELL, Glenroy, Victoria. Native of Geelong, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother of Lieut W R Murrell 2nd Pioneer. Cousin to Col R Fowler OBE, Capt John Fowler MC and Major Hall MC. Also cousin to five others who were killed in action. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |