MUIR, William
| Service Number: | 5787 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Minmi, New South Wales, Australia, 11 November 1886 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, 29 August 1969, aged 82 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Newcastle Memorial Park (fmly Beresfield Crematorium) Rose H 13/3 |
| Memorials: | Minmi Roll of Honour, Minmi St Andrew's Church Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5787, Tunnelling Companies | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5787, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5787, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 23 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5787, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The Minmi Roll of Honour has 78 names inscribed of those who returned home from The Great War.
The 65th name inscribed is Sapper William Muir.
On the 29th August 1969, Sapper William Muir, 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company (Reg No-5787), labourer from Newtown, Minmi, New South Wales and Gosford, N.S.W. died age 82 years 9 months.
MUIR, William, death notice, 29th AUG 1969, age 82, late of Matcham, Sydney Morning Herald, 30th AUG 1969, MUIR, William, funeral notice, 29th AUG 1969, Creightons Funeral Services (Central Coast), 31st AUG 1969.
Born at Minmi, New South Wales on the 11th November 1886 to William, died 4.10.1927, Minmi, N.S.W., age 80, buried at Minmi Cemetery, N.S.W., Left Hand Side, Section 15, Plot 068, from Newtown, Minmi, New South Wales, and Agnes Muir nee Lorimer, died 29.11.1927, Minmi, N.S.W., age 78, mother of 7?, sleeping at Minmi Cemetery, N.S.W., Left Hand Side, Section 15, Plot 068, from Newtown, Minmi, New South Wales.
William enlisted on the 1st May 1916 with the Tunnelling Companies Reinforcements, age 29 years 5 months, at West Maitland, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on the 25th October 1916.
Disembarked Plymouth, England 28.12.1916.
Proceeded O/Seas to France from Folkestone, England 28.1.1917.
Taken on Strength 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company 19.4.1917.
Wounded in action - 12.3.1918 (gas).
Commenced return to Australia 7.7.1919.
William arrived home on the 8th September 1919, being discharged on the 23rd October 1919.
Mr. Muir’s name has also been inscribed on the Minmi St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Roll of Honour.
Not officially commemorated.
Older brother James Muir, referred to as Jim, born 6.12.1880, Minmi, New South Wales, married miner (Aberdare Colliery), from Cungewai Street, Aberdare, New South Wales, KIA 13.10.1917, 1st Battle of Passchendaele, Belgium, age 36 years 10 months, father of two (Winifred (Winnie), William (Willie), memorialised at Minmi Cemetery, N.S.W., Left Hand Side, Section 18, Plot 022, for more detail see https://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/minmi-roll-of-honour/.
Lest We Forget.