MUIR, William
| Service Number: | 1523 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company |
| Born: | Newarthill, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1860 |
| Home Town: | Stockton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Loco driver (Walsh Island Government Dockyard, Newcastle, N.S.W.) |
| Died: | "Glenross", Maitland Street, Stockton, New South Wales, Australia, 16 January 1926, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-11SW. 95. |
| Memorials: | Stockton Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1523, Railway Unit (AIF) | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 1523, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Corporal, 1523, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 4 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1523, 4th Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, Unfit for service: senility and defective vision |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery, have I been forgotten?
96 years ago today, on the Sunday afternoon of the 17th January 1926, Corporal William Muir, 4th Railway Unit (Reg No-1523), loco driver (Walsh Island Government Dockyard, Newcastle, N.S.W.) from "Glenross", Maitland Street, Stockton, New South Wales, father of eight (4 sons, 4 daughters), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 65. PRESBYTERIAN-11SW. 95.
Born at Newarthill, Lanarkshire, Scotland about 1860 to Robert and Janet Muir; husband of Eliza Muir nee Purser (married 1884, Lithgow, N.S.W., died 1948, sleeping here), William enlisted January 1917 with the Railway Units at Sydney, N.S.W. (stated age to be 44, actual age 56!).
William returned home November 1917, being discharged medically unfit (senility and defective vision) on the 4th January 1918.
Did not serve in a Theatre of War, therefore no Victory Medal awarded.
Mr. Muir’s name has been inscribed on the Stockton Soldiers' Memorial (unveiled on the 25th April 1922, 272 names inscribed, 65 Fallen), Stockton Congregational Church Roll of Honour and the Stockton Masonic Lodge Peninsula (No. 221) Honour Roll.
I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label at William’s gravesite to honour his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
William's son Alexander Kethel (Light Motor Wireless Section, Reg No-20588, born 1896, Lithgow, N.S.W., died 1967, Sydney, N.S.W.) also served 1st A.I.F.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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