MURCHISON, Ninian Joseph
| Service Number: | 1980 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 January 1915, Charters Towers, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 10 May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Millchester State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 1 April 1918, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme Point 106 British Cemetery, Bresle, Memorial |
| Memorials: | Charters Towers Queenton State School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1980, 9th Infantry Battalion, Charters Towers, Qld. | |
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| 25 Mar 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1980, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1980, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 25 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 49th Infantry Battalion | |
| 8 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 49th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alexander and Catherine Murchison; husband of Margaret Murchison, of 169, Berkley St., Glasgow, Scotland.
FOREVER WITH THE LORD
September 1916 - Mrs. C. Murchison, Nagel Street, received a wire from the Base Records Melbourne, advising that her son, Sergeant Ninian Murchison has been wounded. Sergeant Murchison was one of the Kanowna men and enlisted immediately on his return from the luckless Pacific expedition. He also saw a good deal of service on Gallipoli before going to France.
October 1917 - Mrs. Murchison, Nagle Street, has been further advised that her son Second-Lieut. Ninian Murchison, had been admitted to the Duchess of Westminster Hospital on September 27th, suffering from a severe gunshot wound in the right leg.
April 1918 - His Worship the Mayor (Alderman W. T. Mitchell received advice on Friday (says the 'Northern Miner') that Lieut. Ninian Murchison was killed In action on April 1. In company with the Rev. Father O'Keefe his Worship conveyed the sad news to the deceased soldier's mother, Mrs Murchison of Nagle-street.
MURCHISON.—In loving memory of my dear son and our brother, Lieutenant Ninian Murchison, 49th Battalion, killed in action on the 1stt April, 1918.
The war is really over !
To some those words sound nice.
But, oh, the sad hearts of those
Whose loved one paid the price.
Far and oft my thoughts do wander
To a grave so far away,
Where they laid our darling Ninian
Just three years to-day.
R.I.P.
(Inserted by his loving mother, brother and sisters, Mrs. Alex. Murchison and famiy, Nagle-street, Charters Towers).
Biography contributed
Ninian Joseph MURCHISON was born in Charters Towers in Queensland on 10th May, 1895
His parents were Alexander MURCHISON & Catherine TALBOT who married in Queensland on 25th August, 1892
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