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Robert Cooper James MURRAY

Regimental number5747
Place of birthPenrith, New South Wales
SchoolPetersham High School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressC/o Mrs. F.A. Murray, Smithfield near Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinAunt, Miss M. Canter, Railway Crescent, Fairfield, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/18/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 October 1916
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death16.6
Age at death from cemetery records16
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot X, Row B, Grave No. 24A), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
30
Family/military connectionsUncle Hugh Creagh Mally Carter 1st Battalion killed at Lone Pine Gallipoli 7th Aug 1915.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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