Charles William (Chuck) MURDOCK

Badge Number: S2213, Sub Branch: Kadina
S2213

MURDOCK, Charles William

    Service Number: 527
    Enlisted: 8 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
    Last Rank: Sapper
    Last Unit: 16th Field Company Engineers
    Born: Warooka, South Australia, 25 June 1886
    Home Town: Warooka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
    Schooling: Warooka Public School
    Occupation: Labourer/Share farmer
    Died: Natural causes (tuberculosis), Wallaroo, South Australia, 19 March 1964, aged 77 years
    Cemetery: Kadina Cemetery, South Australia
    Path: 54, Block: 59
    Memorials: Warooka and District WW1 Honour Board
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 527, Adelaide, South Australia
    9 Jun 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 527, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
    9 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 527, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
    15 Jan 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Sapper, 527, 43rd Infantry Battalion, GSW (right knee - mild)
    25 Jun 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 527, 16th Field Company Engineers

    World War 2 Service

    17 Apr 1941: Enlisted Wallaroo, SA

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    Biography contributed by Kathleen Bambridge

    Wedding:

    On Thursday 13 May 1920 the wedding of Beatrice May Jolly, daughter of Mrs. C. Jolly of Oaklands, to Charles William (Chuck) Murdock, the son of the late Mr. Peter Murdock, of Warooka, took place in the Yorktown Methodist Church. The Rev. C. B. Holmes was the Officating clergyman.  The newly married couple left for Sydney on the same day.

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