| Regimental number | 70 |
| Place of birth | Geelong, Victoria |
| School | Caulfield Grammar School, Victoria |
| Religion | Church of England |
| Occupation | Farming |
| Address | Glenroy, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 19 |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Mary Murrell, Glenroy, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Previous military service | Served only as a school cadet rank of colour sergeant. |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 22nd Battalion Head-Quarters Staff |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/39/1 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 6th Brigade Machine Gun Company |
| Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Killed instantaneously whilst succouring shell shocked comrade (Gunner Findley). His officer J Cambell wrote "Our objective was a ridge on which were the last two lines of German trenches. Advanced without any cover in view of Germans and got a rough handling - not half the men reached ridge - shelled from three sides." |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Pozieres, Somme Sector, France |
| Age at death | 20 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
| Place of burial | Courceletter British Cemetery (Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 10), France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 179 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles and Mary MURRELL, Glenroy, Victoria. Native of Geelong, Victoria |
| Family/military connections | Brother of Lieut W R Murrell 2nd Pioneer. Cousin to Col R Fowler OBE, Capt John Fowler MC and Major Hall MC. Also cousin to five others who were killed in action. |
| Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |