MURRAY, Robert Hampden Keith
| Service Number: | 18356 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Illness, United Kingdom, 19 July 1919, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sutton Veny (St. John) Churchyard, Wiltshire, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blackheath Memorial Arch, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 18356, Army Medical Corps (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 Oct 1917: | Embarked Private, 18356, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 19th July…… Robert Hampden Keith Murray was born at Blackheath, NSW in early 1896.
He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 3rd March, 1917 as a 21 year old, single, Porter (Railway Employee) from Blackheath, NSW
Private Robert Hampden Murray, Service number 18356, embarked from Sydney, New South Wales with the Army Medical Corps, July 1917 Reinforcements on HMAT Euripides (A14) on 31st October, 1917 & disembarked at Devonport, England on 26th December, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was marched in to A.A.M.C. (Australian Army Medical Corps) Training Depot on 27th December, 1917.
Private Murray was written up for an Offence at Parkhouse, Wiltshire. He was absent without leave from 22.00 on 6th February 1918 until 20.00 on 9th February, 1918. He was punished with 7 days Field Punishment & forfeited 4 days’ pay.
On 2nd April, 1918 Private Murray proceeded Overseas to France from Parkhouse, via Southampton. He was marched in at Rouelles, France on 3rd April, 1918. Private Murray was marched out to 2nd Dep. A.A.M.C. & taken on strength with 7th Australian Field Ambulance “Supernumerary to Establishment” on 11th August, 1918. Private Murray was taken on strength from Supp.to Establishment on 9th September, 1918.
He was sent sick to Hospital on 28th December, 1918 & admitted with diarrhoea. He rejoined his Unit the same day.
Private Murray was attached for duty with 5th Field Ambulance from 19th March, 1919 & attached for duty to 5/6/7 Field Ambulance from 24th March, 1919.
On 13th April, 1919 Private Murray was marched out to England ready for return to Australia – Quota 33. He was admitted to 39th General Hospital on 16th April, 1919 with Scabies. Private Murray was marched out to England on 24th April, 1919 & disembarked at Southampton on 25th April, 1919. He was marched in to No. 2 Group at Sutton Veny, Wiltshire the same day.
He was admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital on 29th April, 1919 with “I.C.T. Left Knee” & was discharged a month later, on 29th May, 1919 to Training Depot. Private Murray was marched out to A.A.M.C. Training Depot at Fovant, Wiltshire on 5th June, 1919. He was sent sick to hospital & admitted to 1st Australian General Hospital on 13th July, 1919 with a “swollen jaw”.
Private Robert Hampden Keith Murray died at 1 a.m. on 19th July, 1919 at the 1st Australian General Hospital, Sutton Veny of “Oedema of Face”.
He was buried in St. John the Evangelist Churchyard, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England where 140 other WW1 Australia War Graves & 2 Australian WW1 Nurses are laid to rest.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/k--m.html
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