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William Anderson Murray

1870-1927

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.2

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1367

About

Born in New Zealand

5 December 1870
Residence

Hometown

Thames
Work

Occupation

Gold-miner

Employer

Waitangi Gold Mining Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Sarah Ann Murray

Army Experience

  • Thames Navals

    New Zealand

    • World War I (1914-1918)

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    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 56

    13 October 1927

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5549 65/0084982, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 3.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “William Anderson Murray (1870-1927)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/618

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