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Alexander Burnie MURRAY

Regimental number9647
Date of birth9 June 1887
Place of birthDunedin, New Zealand
SchoolDunedin Public School, New Zealand
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFitter
AddressHackney, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation37
Next of kinWife, Mrs Maud Edith Murray, 9 Botanic Street, Hackeny, South Australia
Enlistment date16 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name11th Field Company Engineers, Section 2
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/30/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 31 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Field Company Engineers
FateReturned to Australia 27 July 1917
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date9 November 1917
Other detailsWar service: France, Belgium. Wounded, Armentieres, 2 February 1917; invalided to Oxford, England; recovered.
Date of death2 December 1954

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