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Hughie MURDIE

Regimental number2956
Place of birthTarranginnie, Victoria
Place of birthTarranginnie, New South Wales
SchoolBarham State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBullock driver
AddressTumbarumba, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Agnes Murdie, Tumbarumba, New South Wales
Enlistment date13 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name55th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/72/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 April 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNoreuil Australian Cemetery (Row D, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
86
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on Tumbarumba Roll of Honour ('Advance Australia'), Tumbarumba, New South Wales. Parents: William and Agnes MURDIE, Tumbarumba, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2957 Pte Robert MURDIE, 35th Bn, returned to Australia, 21 December 1918.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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