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Thomas Frederick MURRAY

Regimental number2097
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
SchoolSt Patrick's School, Church Hill, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationShop assistant
Address35 Smith Street, Manly, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Murray, 35 Smith Street, Manly, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Garrison Artillery, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date15 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll17 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10-11 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death10 August 1915
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 15), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
30
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Joseph and Margaret MURRAY. Native of Sydney
Family/military connectionsBrothers: Major John Joseph MURRAY DSO MC, 1st Bn, returned to Australia, 8 May 1919; 7767 Pte Henry James MURRAY, 53rd Bn, returned to Australia, 23 March 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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