MURRAY, John Budge
| Service Number: | 3192 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Caithness-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Yarram, Wellington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Lihons - a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France, Northern France., 11 August 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Yarram WW1 War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3192, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
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| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3192, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
8th Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
He was 33 and the son of Thomas and Hellin Georgeson Murray; husband of Esther Murray, of Yarram Yarram, Victoria.
He is one of two Australian casualties of the Great War remembered on the Thurso War Memorial at Sir John's Square, Thurso, Scotland.
THURSO WAR MEMORIAL
From 'The Scotsman' - Saturday, 2nd September 1922, page 10
In presence of a large gathering, Sir Archibald H. MrSinclair, Bart, of Ulbster, Lord-Lieutenant of Caithness, unveiled the war memorial at Thurso yesterday. Ex-Provost Mackay, chairman of tho Committee, presided, and accompanying him to the platform were Sir Archibald and Lady Sinclair, Colonel Keith Murray, Convener of Caithness; Major William M. Brims, Provost of Thurso; and Mr David Coghill, chairman of the Parish Council.
Sir Archibald Sinclair paid a high tribute to the gallantry of the North in the Great war, and urged that the victory won by the sacrifices of the manhood of the country should not be allowed to pass, but that on that victory should be built a better world for all men to live in.
The memorial in design and execution was the work of Mr Percy Portsmouth, A-R-S.A., Edinburgh.
It takes the form of a bronze group placed on a stone pedestal of exquisite colour and texture. Bronze tablets on three sides bear the names of the fallen, whilst the front contains the inscription. The crowning feature of the memorial consists of a group in bronze representing Peace and Victory.
[From 'The Scotsman' - Saturday, 2nd September 1922, page 10 ]
Thurso (pronounced /ˈθɜːrsoʊ/; Scots: Thursa, Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Theòrsa [ˈiɲɪɾʲ ˈhjɔːrˠs̪ə]) is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. Situated in the historical area of Caithness, it is the northernmost town on the British mainland.
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