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Herbert Edward MURRELL

Regimental number3099
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolBridgeford State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationMachinist
AddressMiddle Brighton, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Herbert Murrell, 6 Boxshall Street, Middle Brighton, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets.
Enlistment date11 January 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 19 February 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe sailed on Troop Ship Ballarat which was torpedoes Anzac Day 1917 and was Bugler in Signaller Camp in England six months before going to France.
FateDied 26 April 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialMericourt L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row G, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents; Herbert and Eliza MURRELL, 6 Boxhall Street, Brighton, Victoria. Native of Bendigo, Victoria

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