Participant Info

Surname

Murdoch

First Name

John

Initial

Service Number

5717

Rank

lance-corporal

Unit Served

18th Reinforcements, 9th Battalion

Service Record

France, Belgium

Enlistment Date

1916

Enlistment Month

January 13

Embarkation Year

1916

Embarkation Month

May 4

Date of Death

1917

Month of Death

October 5

Death Category

DOW

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 141, image page 140

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

Sarah and James Murdoch

Parental Address

Rocky Point Road, Arncliffe

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

"born at Whitton, NSW, February 8, 1894, educated Newtown Public School, enlisted January 1916, embarked April, 1916. War service: France (wounded at Passchendaele and died October 5, 1917.) The late Private Murdoch was awarded the Military Medal (M.M.) a