MURROWOOD  G.T.

Given Names:  George Thomas

               

Service Number:  3194A

Unit:  21st Battalion, 7th reinforcements                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private  

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Age:  19 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Bootmaker                                                                                                 

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  4½ In                  

Weight:  126 Lbs

Chest:  33-35 In

Hair:  Dark Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Sallow

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  12/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Mary Brand (formerly Murrowood)

23 Stawell Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  18/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Wiltshire A18

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Died of wounds

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Unit:  60th Battalion                                                                                                                      

Rank:  Private

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  18869

British War Medal:  27864

Victory Medal:  27696

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1896

Place:  Carlton North, Victoria                  

Father:  James Chomley MURROWOOD  

Mother:  Mary Louisa BYRNE

 

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 1/8/1916                            

Place: War Hospital Newcastle, Staffordshire, England                                              

Burial:  Stoke-on-Trent (Hartshill), Staffordshire, England

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 19/7/1916; gun shot wound, leg

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 318839

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

 

Kew Rotary