Edward James MCMURRAY

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MCMURRAY, Edward James

Service Numbers:	1326, 1326A
Enlisted:	1 December 1914, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Peterborough, South Australia, 24 December 1893
Home Town:	St Peters (SA), Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia
Schooling:	Marist Brothers School, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Wounds, At Sea, Malta (aboard H.S. Soudan), 22 May 1915, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at Sea
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hindmarsh Star of Freedom Tent No 4 IOOR WW1 Roll of Honor, Hindmarsh WW1 Roll of Honour Heroes of the Great War, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Somerton Park Sacred Heart College Men of "The Marist Brothers Old Scholars Association" Honor Roll WW1, St Peters Heroes War Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
2 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1326, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
2 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1326, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne
22 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1326A, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1326A awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-22

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Biography

"THE LATE PRIVATE E..J. McMURRAY.

The late Private E. J. McMurray, of the 16th Battalion, Second Reinforcements, who died of wounds received at the Dardanelles, is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. McMurray, of Payneham-road, St. Peters. He was 22 years of age, and was educated at the Marist Brothers' School, Port Adelaide. A younger brother is now in camp at Mitchem" - from the Adelaide Chronicle 10 Jul 1915 (nla.gov.au)

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