MURRAY, Christopher
| Service Number: | 1073 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 May 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 8 September 1885 |
| Home Town: | Birregurra, Colac-Otway, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Artisit |
| Died: | Emerald, Victoria, Australia, 2 January 1959, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia 43*258*N |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1073, 19th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1073, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1073, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Joseph and Jane Murray. His mother and father had both died by the time Christopher was 9 years old and he and his brother aged 11 were left orphaned. Christopher was made a state ward and placed at St. Augustine's Orphanage in Geelong. There he learned the trade of boot making, was a member of the famous St. Augustine's Band, which under the direction of the well-known band leader, travelled all over Australia. He studied painting at Geelong, the Melbourne Art Gallery and Slade School of Art in London.
He served in the 1st World War as a stretcher bearer, and won the Military Medal for gallantry in the trenches of France.
Military Medal
'Great gallantry and ability in attending to wounded and rescue work under extremely heavy fire.' (Pozieres).
Recommendation date: "10 August 1916
Mentioned in Despatches
'Work near Rainecourt on 9 August 1918.'
Recommendation date: Unspecified"
After the war Christopher made his living as a musician. He loved to work with his hands and occupied the last years of this life making the thousands of bricks needed for the building of his home and studio at Emerald.
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