John Hector MURDOCH

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MURDOCH, John Hector

Service Number:	1731
Enlisted:	2 January 1915, Oaklands, South Australia
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Clare, South Australia, 7 September 1881
Home Town:	Hindmarsh, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Brick-maker
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 6 August 1916, aged 34 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh Federated Brick, Tile & Pottery Industrial Union Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

2 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Oaklands, South Australia
1 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1731, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1731, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
6 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 1731, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1731 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1916-08-06

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Biography

"THE LATE DRIVER J. H. MURDOCH.

Advice has been received by Master L. Murdoch, of Hindmarsh, that his father, Driver J. H. Murdoch, was killed in action in France. Prior to enlisting he was a brickyard employee. With his brother, he left Adelaide on April 1, 1915, and served for eight months in the Gallipoli campaign. He was well liked. Two brothers are now serving with the forces in France." - from the Adelaide Advertiser 25 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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