Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg,Murray, EdmundHarold Allen
Service Service Number Number 1494 5415 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 5th April 1918 Gallipoli Peninsula France
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NAME
MURRAY-Harold
SERVICE NO
5415
UNIT
13th Battalion, 17th Reinforcements/ 20-5-1916- 45th 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 RELIGION
Height;-5’2”. Weight;-120lbs . Chest;-31-34½”. Complexion;-Dark. Hair;-Black . Eyes;-Hazel . Methodist
EMBARKED
9 Apr 1916 Sydney per HMAT A71 “Nestor”
DISEMBARKED NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS
DIED
BURIED MEDALS
12-14 Aug 1916- Hospital-Shell Deafness- France 30 Aug-3 Sept 1916-Hosp-Rheumatism-France 11-24 Apr 1917-Shell Shock4-22 Jan 1918- SIA Right Foot 5 Apr 1918-Just off Amiens Rd, between Derancourt & Albert- France - Shell Explosion, wounding him in leg & face, 2 nd explosion killing him & others Albert, France/ Memorial Cross erected Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extn. 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 9th May 1918 Private Murray, of The Entrance, has been killed while fighting in France.
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