MURRAY, Russell
| Service Number: | 13148 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 September 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies |
| Born: | Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Geelong Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Mechanic |
| Died: | Illness, France, 22 November 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery XVIA B 2 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 13148, Mechanical Transport Companies (AIF), Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 22 Dec 1916: | Involvement Driver, 13148, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1916: | Embarked Driver, 13148, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, HMAT Persic, Melbourne | |
| 22 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 13148, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 13148 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1918-11-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Martha Isabella Murray, of 98, Milton St., St. Kilda, Victoria, Australia, and the late Hugh Murray.
BECAUSE I LIVE YE SHALL LIVE ALSO
13148 Driver Russell Murray, 2nd Australian Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Company. Born at Warrnambool on 4th April 1885, the son of Hugh and Martha Isabella (Ware) Murray, and grandson of Mr Hugh Murray, of Borongarook, Colac, and of Joseph Ware, of Minjah, Caramut. He was a mechanic when he enlisted on 6th September 1916, and embarked at Melbourne on HMAT A34 Persic on 22nd December 1916. He served in France for two years in the Auxiliary Mechanical Transport Column until he died of illness (broncho-pneumonia) on 22nd November 1918 (eleven days after the signing of the Armistice) at 41st Stationary Hospital, Amiens, and is buried in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Picardie, France.
Sources: Blair & Affleck, For King & Country – Great War Enlistments from Warrnambool and District; Australian War Memorial – Roll of Honour; National Archives of Australia; The AIF Project; Virtual War Memorial Australia; The Argus (Melbourne) 29 July 1869 (NLA); Geelong Advertiser 29 July 1869 (NLA); Henderson’s Australian Families; Heritage Guide to The Geelong College.
Courtesy of James Affleck 2025