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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
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
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NAME MURRAY-Harold
SERVICE NO 5415
UNIT 13th Battalion, 17
th Reinforcements/ 20-5-1916- 45
th Btn
RANK
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
NOTES
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
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7984890