MURRAY, Malcolm George Douglas
| Service Number: | 3647 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 October 1917, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia , 4 January 1887 |
| Home Town: | Magill, Campbelltown, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St Peter's College, Adelaide and Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Occupation: | Farmer/Grazier |
| Died: | Died of Illness (dysentry), Syria, 25 October 1918, aged 31 years |
| Cemetery: |
Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hackney St Peter's College Fallen Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Oct 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3647, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 30 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3647, 9th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Darwin embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 30 Apr 1918: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3647, 9th Light Horse Regiment, SS Port Darwin, Sydney | |
| 25 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 3647, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3647 awm_unit: 9 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-10-25 |
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From the book Fallen Saints -
Malcolm George Douglas Murray of Eastwood, South Australia was born in Adelaide in 1887.
He was educated at the Collegiate School of St. Peter, Adelaide and later at Trinity College, Cambridge England.
Whilst at Cambridge he surprised Oxford by taking down C B Fry's record for the long jump and put the inter-university figures up to 22ft 0½ inch. While in England he served three years as a Lieutenant in the British Territorial Army (King Edwards Horse) [i]
Prior to enlisting in the AIF on 3 October 1917, he was a grazier and with his wife and two children lived and worked on his farm at Magill on the edge of the Adelaide hills.
Immediately after enlistment, he was posted to B Company at Mitcham Camp and towards the end of October joined the 33rd quota of reinforcements for the 9th Light Horse Regiment. He was made an acting corporal on 16 February 1918 and at the end of April Corporal Murray, 33rd reinforcements, sailed from Sydney aboard HMAT Port Darwin. After disembarkation at Suez on 7 June, he reverted to his substantive rank that day but was promoted to corporal two days later and allotted to General reinforcements on 19 June.
He reverted to Trooper on 9 August and joined the ranks of the 9th Light Horse Regiment on 18 August 1918 but on 8 October was admitted to the French Hospital at Damascus suffering from the effects of acute dysentery and died there on 25 October 1918; he was 31 years of age.
Malcolm’s uncle, the Honourable Sir George John Robert Murray, KCMG, BA, LLM, who had also attended the Collegiate School of St Peter as a boy, served South Australia as the Chief Justice, Chancellor of Adelaide University and Lieutenant Governor.
[i] Australian War Memorial, Roll of Honour data base - Murray, Malcolm George Douglas – Roll of Honour circular, viewed 21 January 2006
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