MURNANE, William
| Service Number: | 1184 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 15 October 1885 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Rough rider |
| Died: | 113th Australian General Hospital, Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 2 January 1943, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Sydney War Cemetery, New South Wales Plot A Row D Grave 10. |
| Memorials: | Minmi Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1184, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1184, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1184, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 20 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1184, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, Medically discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The Minmi Roll of Honour has 79 names inscribed of those who returned home from The Great War.
The 29th name inscribed is Private William Murnane.
On the 4th January 1943, Private William Murnane, 35th Battalion (Reg No-1184), labourer from Main Street, Minmi, New South Wales, was laid to rest at the Sydney War Cemetery, Rookwood, N.S.W, Plot A Row D Grave 10, age 57 years 2 months.
Will had died of illness on the 2nd January 1943 at the 113th Australian General Hospital, Concord, N.S.W.
Born at West Maitland, New South Wales on the 15th October 1885 to Patrick James, died 23.9.1915, Main Street, Minmi, N.S.W., age 87, buried at Sandgate Cemetery, N.S.W., CATHOLIC 1-08. 21, no photo of gravesite, marked?, and Mary Bridget Murnane nee Maguire, died 10.5.1917, Main Street, Minmi, N.S.W., age 75, mother of 5 sons, 2 daughters, sleeping at Sandgate Cemetery, N.S.W., CATHOLIC 1-08. 21, no photo of gravesite, marked?, from West Maitland, N.S.W. (1916).
Will enlisted on the 11th December 1915, age 29 years 2 months, at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A24 Benalla on the 1st May 1916.
Disembarked Plymouth, England 9.7.1916.
Proceeded O/Seas to France from Southampton, England 21.11.1916.
Wounded in action - 30.5.1917 (remained on duty).
Admitted to hospital 3.8.1917 (trench fever).
Granted furlough in England from 15.10.1917 to 29.10.1917.
Commenced return to Australia 21.12.1917.
Will arrived home on the 12th February 1918, being discharged on the 20th March 1918.
Also served 2nd A.I.F., enlisted 7.11.1940, Shortland Camp, N.S.W., Service No-N67984, Private, 2nd Garrison Battalion, admitted to hospital 12.12.1942, seriously ill (myeloma).
Officially commemorated - https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html....
I would like to see poppies placed at Will’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Older brother Thomas, born 2.1.1884, Gunnedah, N.S.W., colliery onsetter from Main Street, Minmi, New South Wales and Weston, N.S.W., enlisted 8.12.1915, age 30 years 11 months, at West Maitland, N.S.W., 35th Battalion, Reg No-842, for more detail see my post on the 23rd April 2026.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/minmi-roll-of-honour/.
Lest We Forget.
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