MURRAY, George
| Service Number: | 4170 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers School, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Quarryman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Sebastopol Redan State School No 1289 Roll of Honor, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4170, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4170, 21st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4170, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 24th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 4170, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4170 awm_unit: 24 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The following article was printed the Ballarat Courier of 15 December 1917. "The relatives of Pte George Murray have been officially notified that he was killed in action in France on the 4th October 1917. The deceased, who was 21 years of age, was born at Allendale, and educated at the Christian Brothers' School, Skipton Street, Ballarat. He enlisted in Melbourne, and sailed with reinforcements to the 24th Battalion. The deceased was a brother of the late Pte Owen Murray and prior to enlisting was employed in Melbourne. The father of the two fallen soldiers was invalided home from the French front, and has since been discharged."
His older brother, 3860 Private Owen Murray 21st Battalion AIF was killed by shellfire at Pozieres when carrying rations on 29 July 1916, aged 28.