Regimental number | 5651 |
Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria |
School | Ashby State School, Victoria |
Other training | Engineering Gordon College, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Engineer |
Address | Minerva Road, Home Hill, Geelong, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 20 |
Height | 5' 7" |
Weight | 116.5 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs C Murray, Minerva Road, Home Hill, Geelong, Victoria |
Previous military service | Served in the 69th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Geelong, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Sapper |
Unit name | 2nd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 14 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 14/21/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A54 Runic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sapper |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death | 20.10 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 21), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 24 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert and Catherine MURRAY, Herne Hill, Geelong, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Cousins: 3900 Pte Albert Archie RAPSEY, 8th Bn, killed in action, 18 August 1916; 10334 Driver Charles Allan RAPSEY, 10th Field Company Engineers, returned to Australia, 4 July 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Sydney, 20 January 1916; disembarked Alexandria, 27 February 1916. Taken on strength, 14th Field Company Engineers, Tel el Kebir, 22 March 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Killed in action, 20 July 1916. Memo, Base Records to CO, 69th Infantry, Geelong, 2 July 1917: Murray is reported 'DIED of WOUNDS, 20th July 1916'. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, MURRAY Robert Norman |