Frank Leslie MURRAY

Regimental number17553
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinWife, Mrs M P Murray, Wantwood, Blenheim
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles, 2nd Section, Mounted Rifles Brigade
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Moeraki on 14 December 1916
Transshipped to RMS 'Mooltan' at Sydney, Australia.
Final rankLieutenant
Final unitCanterbury Mounted Rifles
Medals

Mentioned in Despatches

'For services during the period from 16th March 1918 to 18th September 1918.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 22 January 1919

Military Cross

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of the advance troops at Es Salt, on the 23rd September, 1918. He went forward with determination and dash, ignoring sniping fire, and manoeuvred his troop with such skill that many prisoner fell into his hands.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 8 March 1919

SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 48, p. 1