MUIR, Daniel McMaster
| Service Number: | 6558 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Liverpool, Fairfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Maryhill Public School, Glasgow, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Boilermaker |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 4 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Bancourt British Cemetery Plot V, Row G, Grave No. 20. EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS LOVING WIFE ETTY AND SON JOHN |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 8 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6558, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6558, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6558, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Daniel was born in Glasgow, Scotland and came to Sydney, Australia with his family in around 1913.
Daniel McMaster Muir left Australia on 7 October 1916, with the 21st Reinforcements 13th Battalion AIF. He was killed in action during the taking of Stormy Trench on 4 February 1917. He was reported in the newspapers to be 27 years of age, a quiet and unassuming young man and left a widow and a baby son who lived in Secant Street, Liverpool.
Daniel had married Ettie in 1915 and his son, John, was born in early 1917, only a fortnight before his father died. Ettie received a pension of two pounds per fortnight and one pound per fortnight for John.
Daniel died during the 13th Battalion attack on Stormy Trench on the night of 4 February 1917, a night that would be forever remembered by the Battalion, for its achievements, and that Captain Harry Murray was awarded the VC during the heavy fighting. John was originally buried in Pioneer Junction cemetery just east of Gueudecourt, and his remains were reinterred in the Bancourt British Cemetery during 1920.
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