MURRAY, James Wilfred
| Service Number: | NX36138 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 July 1940, Wagga Wagga, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Darlington Point, New South Wales, Australia, 27 March 1907 |
| Home Town: | Darlington Point, Murrumbidgee Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Leeton District Hospital, Leeton, New South Wales, Australia, 27 August 1945, aged 38 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Darlington Point Cemetery, NSW Church of England Portion |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX36138, 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion, Wagga Wagga, NSW | |
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| 15 Jan 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX36138, 2nd/13th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Bertie MURRAY and Mary Ann Jane nee STARKES
Husband of Agnes Phyllis MURRAY nee HODDER, Darlington Point, NSW
A returned soldier of this war, Mr. James Murray of Darlington Point, died in the Leeton District Hospital at 2 a.m. yesterday morning, aged 38 years. Pte. Murray (NX36138) was among the first men to enlist from Darlington Point. He sailed overseas with the A.I.F. and served in the Middle East, including Tobruk, with the 9th Division. He was wounded, shrapnel entering the region of the stomach. When Pte. Murray returned to Australia he was re-graded as B. class and was attached to 2/3rd Field Workshop. About six months ago the late Mr. Murray received his discharge on a pension and had worked on and off at the Yanco Power House as a labourer. He suffered silently from the effects of the wounds and on Saturday last felt as if a severe cold was coming upon him. He entered the Leeton District Hospital on Sunday and passed away at 2 a.m. yesterday morning. A married man, he had lately resided with his sister, Mrs. L. Watts, of Yanco. Three other sisters, Mrs. W. Causen, Mrs. G. Bloomfield and Mrs. W. Edwards, and one brother Mr. Bert Murray, reside at Darlington Point. The late Mr. Murray was well known at Darlington Point, where his parents (now deceased) had lived for many years. "Jim" was a good horseman and had traveled as a rider with McConville's buckjumpers. The funeral of the late Mr. Murray will be held this (Tuesday) afternoon, burial will take place in the Church of England portion of the Darlington Point cemetery. As a tribute to a Digger who has passed on, the flag in the Memorial Gardens will be flown at half mast to-day, by the local branch of the Returned Soldiers' League. The funeral arrangements are in the charge of Ashtons.
The Murrumbidgee Irrigator newspaper,
Tuesday, 28th August 1945, page 2.
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