William Thomas MURRAY

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MURRAY, William Thomas

Service Number:	4848
Enlisted:	12 August 1915, 16th Infantry
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broadmeadow, New South Wales, Australia, 6 September 1895
Home Town:	New Lambton, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 7 November 1968, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 3-198. 30.
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World War 1 Service

12 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4848, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 16th Infantry
8 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4848, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
8 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4848, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Sydney
6 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4848, 2nd Infantry Battalion, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, BWs right & left legs, arm and chest, severe
27 Sep 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4848, 2nd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, wounding

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery, not forgotten.

54 years ago today, on the 8th November 1968, Private William Thomas Murray, 2nd Battalion (Reg No-4848), labourer from 144 or 145 Lambton Road, New Lambton, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 73. ANGLICAN 3-198. 30.

Born at Broadmeadow, New South Wales on the 6th September 1895 to William Thomas and Emily Jane Murray (Ivery); husband of Lilian (Lillian) May Murray nee Wheeler (married 1928, West Maitland, N.S.W., died 1957, age 56, sleeping here), William enlisted August 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.

Wounded in action - 6.2.1917 (bomb wounds right & left legs, arm and chest, severe).

William was invalided home August 1917, being discharged medically unfit on the 27th September 1917.

Mr. Murray’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not inscribed on the New Lambton War Memorial Gates or the Lambton and New Lambton Municipal District Roll of Honor.

I have placed poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of William’s service and sacrifice for God, King & Country. Note – gravesite in urgent need of restoration.

Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.

For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
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Lest We Forget.

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