MCMURCHY, Charles Alexander
| Service Number: | 1972 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Campbeltown, Argyllshire, Scotland., date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Aug 1915: | Involvement Private, 1972, 25th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Aug 1915: | Embarked Private, 1972, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was born in Campbeltown (Scottish Gaelic: Ceann Loch Chille Chiarain or Ceann Locha), a town and former royal burgh in Argyll and Bute, Kintyre District of Scotland. It lies by Campbeltown Loch on the Kintyre peninsula. Originally known as Kinlochkilkerran (an Anglicization of the Gaelic, which means "head of the loch by the kirk of Ciarán"), it was renamed in the 17th century as Campbell's Town after Archibald Campbell (Earl of Argyle) was granted the site in 1667. Campbeltown became an important centre for Scotch whisky, and a busy fishing port.
He is remembered on the Campbeltown war memorial, a tall tower built of rustic stone blocks with a Celtic Cross set into the main face in raised grey granite blocks.
There are 5 Australian casualties here and 9 from New Zealand.
He was 29 and the son of Archibald and Isabella McMurchy, of Rhunahavrine, Argyllshire, Scotland.
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