MCMURDY, Hugh Sanderson
| Service Number: | 7296 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Calvert, Queensland, Australia, 20 May 1898 |
| Home Town: | Esk, Somerset, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Famer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 2 August 1981, aged 83 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 3, Section 14 |
| Memorials: | Linville War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 7296, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 7296, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Lynda Filer
HUGH, was the sixth child of John McMurdy,and Emma Jane Bailey,born 20 May 1898.
Hugh joined the 11th Light Horse Reg., and served overseas in Egypt and Gallipoli in WW1. After returning from the war, Hugh worked in a sawmill, and lost his fingers of one hand, in an accident at the sawmill.
Hugh, also had a fruit hand cart, and sold fruit and vegs in Queen St ,Brisbane.
Hugh married Constance Judge, on the 27 april 1929.
Hugh then went ringbarking around the Kumbia area.Constance and baby John lived with Isabella and William Porter, while Hugh was away ringbarking.
Hugh and Constance had four children.
Hugh died on the 2 August 1981.
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