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William Wallace MURRAY

Regimental number6303
Place of birthManildra, New South Wales
SchoolManildra Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressDora Street, Orange, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation31
Next of kinWife, Mrs E M Murray, 258 Liverpool Street, Dariinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date9 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Battalion, 20th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/19/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 9 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 17 September 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XIX, Row B, Grave No. 15), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
33
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Walter and Mary Jane MURRAY; husband of Ethel May MURRAY, Ferndale, Manildra, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsFour cousins killed, he was one of the thirteen Murrays that enlisted.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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