MURRAY, Sidney James
| Service Number: | 374 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 36th Heavy Artillery Group |
| Born: | Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Collie, Warren Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station hand |
| Died: | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia, 7 September 1938, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 374, Siege Artillery Brigade | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 374, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 374, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 7 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 374, 36th Heavy Artillery Group | |
| 4 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 36th Heavy Artillery Group |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Sidney James Murray was one of four sons of Solomon Kennedy and Mullildah Verneren Murray, of Collie, Gilgandra, New South Wales, who all enlisted for overseas service during WW1.
His brother, 6772 Pte. Horace Edward Murray 13th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Bullecourt 11 April 1917, aged 27. Another brother, 11366 Gnr. Stanley Delphus Dalley Murray 1st Australian Division Medium Trench Mortar Battery, later died of wounds on 31 May 1918, aged 30.
Sid Murray served from 1915 and had several periods of illness in England during his service. He was returned to Australia during February 1919. He had married during 1915 and was father to three children.
In the Gilgandra Weekly of 1938, the death of Sidney James Murray was reported as “Former Well-Known Identity of Collie District.
The death occurred at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, on 7th September 1938, of Sidney James Murray, aged 47 years, a well-known identity of the Collie district and son of Mr. S. K. Murray and the late Mrs. Murray late of Adelaide Vale, Collie.
The late Mr. Murray was born and educated at Collie, and from that centre enlisted for service during the Great War, serving with the artillery forces. As the result of war injuries, he spent much of his time since returning in the Randwick Military Hospital.”
Sidney’s son, 412622 Flight Sergeant Stanley William Murray RAAF was killed in an aircraft accident whilst training in Scotland on 11 October 1943, aged 23.