Murray, Harold

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Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Murray, Harold Service Number 5415

Killed in Action 5th April 1918 France

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Benalyn Campbell

And Vivienne Tranter

in compiling this resource

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NAME MURRAY-Harold

SERVICE NO 5415

UNIT 13th Battalion, 17

th Reinforcements/ 20-5-1916- 45

th Btn

AGE at Enlistment 18 ¼ yrs

PLACE OF BIRTH Wyong Creek, NSW

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Mill Hand

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 30 Dec 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Mother & Grandfather- Tuggerah Lakes/ The Entrance via Wyong/1922- Sandgate, via Newcastle

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION Height;-5’2”. Weight;-120lbs . Chest;-31-34½”. Complexion;-Dark. Hair;-Black . Eyes;-Hazel .

RELIGION Methodist

EMBARKED 9 Apr 1916 Sydney per HMAT A71 “Nestor”

DISEMBARKED

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 12-14 Aug 1916- Hospital-Shell Deafness- France

30 Aug-3 Sept 1916-Hosp-Rheumatism-France

11-24 Apr 1917-Shell Shock- 4-22 Jan 1918- SIA Right Foot

DIED 5 Apr 1918-Just off Amiens Rd, between Derancourt & Albert- France- Shell Explosion, wounding him in leg & face, 2

nd explosion killing him

& others

BURIED Albert, France/ Memorial Cross erected Millencourt Communal Ceme-tery Extn.

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-N/E, British War Medal-36269, Victory Medal-35992. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-343228.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS Belt, metal cigarette case, silver wrist watch & strap./

WILL Beneficiary- Mrs W Murray c/- Wickham PO, Newcastle

CORRESPONDENCE 10-5-23- Mother

REMARKS

RED CROSS REPORT Yes

Mother re married;- 1916/7163 Newcastle- Marion Murray & Mathew J Brady Father- Walter believed to have died in Cambridge, New Zealand c 1914/15 See “Gosford Times” 9 May 1918

Gosford Times 9

th May 1918

Private Murray, of The Entrance, has been killed while fighting in France.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890

Murray, Harold

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