MURDOCH, Sydney Richard
| Service Number: | 233 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, January 1897 |
| Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer's Apprentice |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Perone, France, 3 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Plot III, Row B, Grave No. 8 |
| Memorials: | Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 233, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 8 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
| 2 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 233, 30th Infantry Battalion, SW right hand | |
| 1 Jan 1918: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches | |
| 1 May 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Jun 1918: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal | |
| 1 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 30th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, GSW right hand - slight | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Private, 233, 30th Infantry Battalion |
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Distinguished Conduct Medal
'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This N.C.O. has distinguished himself by his coolness under fire and disregard of danger on many occasions. Once when in charge of a platoon burying cable, seeing that the party who were caught in a very heavy barrage were becoming uneasy, he jumped out of the trench, and, walking along the top, cheerfully encouraged and steadied his men. His example of courage and devotion to duty held his platoon together and undoubtedly saved many lives.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 31
Date: 4 March 1919
Mr. Murdoch, of Katoomba and late of Paddington, has been notified that his son, Lieut. S. R. Murdoch, D.C.M., was killed on September 3.
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