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MURRAY, Harold
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2537 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tungamah, Victoria, Australia, 1901 |
| Home Town: | Daysdale, Corowa Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Daysdale Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 16 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 23, Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Daysdale & District WW1 Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2537, 55th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2537, 55th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2537, 55th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Harold Murray was born in 1901 in Tungamah Victoria and lived at Daysdale for most of his short life. He enlisted in 1916 with the 55th Battalion. He was a bomber protecting a machine gun post near Bullecourt when a shell fell on the position killing several men outright and inflicting mortal shrapnel wounds to Murray's head. He died a few days later in the USA Base Hospital at Boulogne on the coast of France.
His sister wrote to Base Records in 1967 regarding his Anzac Medal, and she said he was 15 when he enlisted and died aged 17. He had 8 younger siblings.