MCMURRAY, David Simpson
| Service Number: | 5088 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 January 1916, 13/26 Bn. at Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Drumrae, near Glasserton, Wigtownshire, Scotland, 29 July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Dulacca, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | bank clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 7-17-23-25-27-29-31 , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dulacca War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Miles Wall of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jan 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), 13/26 Bn. at Brisbane | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5088, 26th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5088, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane |
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Private DAVID SIMPSON MCMURRAY,
Service Number: 5088
Australian Infantry , AIF, 26th Bn
Date of Death: 9/10/1917
Age: 32
Memorial: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Panel Reference: Panel 7-17-23-25-27-29-31
David Simpson McMurray was born on 29/7/1895 at
Drumrae, near Glasserton, Wigtownshire, Scotland, the son of James McMurray, farmer, and Margaret McMurray, nee McClure, later of 79, Crawford Avenue, Wavertree, Liverpool, England.
1891 Wigtown Census: South Side of High Street: David Simpson McMurray (5, born Glasserton), with father, James, keeper of the County Buildings, mother Maggie, + 3 brothers and 4 sisters.
1901 Wigtown Census: 3 South Bank Street: David Simpson McMurray (15, born Glasserton, bank clerk) with Father, James, keeper of the County Buildings, mother, Maggie, + 1 sister.
1911 Wigtown Census: County Buildings: David Simpson McMurray (26, born Glasserton, keeper of County Buildings).
AIF Records for David Simpson McMurray. Attested at Brisbane on 31/1/1916, with 13/26 Bn. Born Wigtown. Age 30 years 5 months. Farmer. Declared 10 years' previous experience with Imperial Force. 5ft 9.5 in tall, 148 lbs. Presbyterian. Scar on right side of abdomen (abdomen) and double set of false teeth. Next of Kin: Mother, Mrs Margaret McMurray nee Simpson, 7 Ashdale Rd, Mossley Hill, Liverpool. Beneficiary of will: sister; Mrs M Graham, 79 Crawford Ave, Wavertree, Liverpool. Embarked at Brisbane on HMAT Seang Choon 4/5/1916, arrived 15/6/1916. Unit based at Etaples but numerous incidences of sickness with scabies in 1916 and 1917. Served at Cayeaux, Etaples, Camiers. On leave in England 8/9/1917 - 22/9/1917. Killed in action in Belgium 9/10/1917.
Wigtown High Cemetery: "... Also David Simpson McMurray, private AIF, who was killed at Passchendaele on 9th October 1917 aged 32." Son of James and Margaret McMurray.
Galloway Gazette (27/10/17): McMurray: Killed in action on the 9th inst Private DS McMurray, Australian Imperial Force, youngest son of Mrs McMurray, Mossley Hill, Liverpool, late of Wigtown.
Wigtownshire Free Press (1/11/17): Information has been received in Wigtown that Private David McMurray, formerly of the County Buildings, has been killed in action. He went to Australia on leaving Wigtown a few years ago and joined on the outbreak of war.
He is remembered on the WIGTOWN WAR MEMORIAL
This memorial sits in front of the old parish Kirk at the East End of the town beside the road from the Moss of Cree. It looks out over Wigtown Bay and is a fine granite obelisk with a square base; it was unveiled on Sunday 8th October 1922.. (Grid Reference: NX436554).
An elder brother (John) was reported missing. He was Captain John McMurray of the 12th Bn. Royal Scots-killed in action 12th October 1917-no known grave-commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial at Panel 11 to 14 and 162. John is not named on the Wigtown War Memorial.
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