Regimental number | 8/244 |
Address | Tapanui |
Marital status | Married |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs M J Murray, c/o Mrs J McIlroy, Cheviot Street, Roxburgh |
Rank on embarkation | Sergeant |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked. | |
Final rank | Corporal |
Final unit | Otago Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | Embarkation Pier Cemetery (Plot I, Row A, Grave No 4), Gallipoli, Turkey |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Wife: Mrs M.J. Murray, Dunedin |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body |