MURRAY, Arthur Ernest
| Service Number: | 458 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, 22 March 1881 |
| Home Town: | Sandgate, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 15 March 1952, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 7, Section 13 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 458, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 458, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 4 Jan 1902: | Wounded Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 458, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Battle of Onverwacht, AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray P. 503, notes severely wounded at Onverwacht 4 Jan 1902. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 458, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Arthur Ernest Murray enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as his mother Mrs. Murray, Creek St, Sandgate. In the Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 123, it is noted he directed part of his pay to his mother Mrs. M. Murray, Creek St, Sandgate.
Arthur Ernest Murray was born on 22 Mar 1881 in Queensland, a son to David Murray and Margaret Murray (nee Brown). He married Rhoda Elizabeth Adam on 28 May 1913 in Queensland and they had 2 children.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 503; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 3 p. 123).
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