Private Matthew Blair Murray
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Murray,
Matthew Blair
Date of birth: 1892-09-30
Place of birth: Lanarkshire Scotland
Next of kin: Ellen Murray, wife
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Miner
Address:
Stellarton N.S.
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1918-03-30
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Orchard Dump Cemetery, VI. J. 28.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 901652
Highest Rank:
Private
(85th Battalion)
Rank detail
- Private, 85th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1918-03-01 to 1918-03-30
- Private, 185th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1916-12-30 to 1918-03-01
- Private (Army). 1916-03-19 to 1916-12-30
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: German Operation Mars, Oppy/Gavrelle Sector
Commemoration location: Stellarton Cenotaph, Law Cenotaph. Carluke Cenotaph, Stellarton Memorial Rink, Plaque Stellarton Town Hall
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 269643
LAC ID:
209683
Service file: B6536-S014
Uploader's Notes: Husband of Helen Patton (formerly Murray), of Stellarton, Pictou Co., Nova Scotia.
Uploader's Research notes: [Private Army Canadian Infantry 185th Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 193rd Battalion Private Army Canadian Infantry 85th Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2009-11-28