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George MURRAY (1860 - 1923)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
George MURRAY (1887 - 1887) James Cassie MURRAY (1889 - 1916) Murdock Ross MURRAY (1895 - 1918)	George MURRAY (1860 - 1923) + Margaret MCGREGOR (1853 - 1935)	George MURRAY
		Christina CASSIE

b. abt 1860 at Inverwire, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

m. 1885 Margaret MCGREGOR (1853 - 1935) at Queensland, Australia

d. 1923 at Townsville, Queensland, Australia aged 63

Near Relatives of George MURRAY (1860 - 1923)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	Hugh MCGREGOR	abt 1833	Latheron, Caithness, Scotland	1910	Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland	77
Mother in Law	Margaret ROSS	abt 1833	Latheron, Caithness, Scotland	29 Nov 1896	Swiney, Caithness, Scotland	63
Father	George MURRAY
Mother	Christina CASSIE
Self	George MURRAY	abt 1860	Inverwire, Aberdeenshire, Scotland	1923	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	63
Wife	Margaret MCGREGOR	abt 1853		1935	Queensland, Australia	82
Son	George MURRAY	1887	Queensland, Australia	1887	Queensland, Australia	0
Son	James Cassie MURRAY	1889	Queensland, Australia	1916	Pozieres, France	27
Son	Murdock Ross MURRAY	1895	Queensland, Australia	1918	Hindenberg Line	23
Nephew	Hugh MCGREGOR	1890	Queensland, Australia	1972	Queensland, Australia	82
Nephew	Donald Angus MCGREGOR	1891	Queensland, Australia	11 Dec 1904	Mirani, Queensland, Australia	13
Nephew	Murdoch Ross MCGREGOR	1893	Queensland, Australia	1981	Mirani, Queensland, Australia	88
Niece	Catherine (Kate) Meiklejohn MCGREGOR	01 Nov 1894	Queensland, Australia	24 Aug 1947	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	52
Niece	Margaret Ross Murray MCGREGOR	10 Sep 1896	Queensland, Australia	22 Apr 1976	Queensland, Australia	79
Nephew	David Angus MCGREGOR	1905	Queensland, Australia	1968	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	63
Niece	Donaldina (Ena) MCGREGOR	1910	Queensland, Australia	1989	Mackay, Queensland, Australia	79
Brother in Law	George MCGREGOR			1948	Parkes, New South Wales, Australia
Brother in Law	Murdoch Ross MCGREGOR	1865		1910	Mirani, Queensland, Australia	45
Sister in Law	Isabella MCGREGOR	1876

Events in George MURRAY (1860 - 1923)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1860		George MURRAY was born	Inverwire, Aberdeenshire, Scotland	Note 1
1885	25	Married Margaret MCGREGOR (aged 32)	Queensland, Australia	Note 2	52
1887	27	Birth of son George MURRAY	Queensland, Australia	Note 3	52
1887	27	Death of son George MURRAY	Queensland, Australia	Note 4
1889	29	Birth of son James Cassie MURRAY	Queensland, Australia	Note 5	52
1895	35	Birth of son Murdock Ross MURRAY	Queensland, Australia	Note 6	52
1916	56	Death of son James Cassie MURRAY (aged 27)	Pozieres, France	Note 7
1918	58	Death of son Murdock Ross MURRAY (aged 23)	Hindenberg Line	Note 8
1923	63	George MURRAY died	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	Note 9	52

Note 1: See obit for place Cemetery records - age 63 years

Note 2: George Murray in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: George Murray Spouse Name: Margaret Macgregor Marriage Date: 09 Oct 1885 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1885 Registration Number: 001126 Page Number: 10757

Note 3: George Murray in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: George Murray Birth Date: 8 Dec 1887 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1887 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: George Murray Mother: Margaret Macgregor Page Number: 10757 Registration Number: 010519

Note 4: George Murray in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: George Murray Death Date: 12 Dec 1887 Death Place: Queensland Father's name: George Murray Mother's name: Margaret Macgregor Registration Year: 1887 Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: 003932 Page Number: 10757

Note 5: James Cassie Murray in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: James Cassie Murray Birth Date: 12 Dec 1889 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1890 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: George Murray Mother: Margaret Macgregor Page Number: 18809 Registration Number: 011917

Note 6: Murdoen Ross Murray in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Murdoen Ross Murray Birth Date: 6 Jun 1895 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1895 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: George Murray Mother: Margaret Macgregor Page Number: 18824 Registration Number: 011647

Note 7: James Cassie MURRAY Regimental number 447 Place of birth Townsville, Queensland School Central State School, Townsville, Queensland Religion Presbyterian Occupation Joiner Address Stanton Hill, Townsville, Queensland Marital status Single Age at embarkation 25 Next of kin Father, George Murray, Stanton Hill, Townsville, Queensland Previous military service Served in the Australian Garrison Artillery, QLD. Enlistment date 15 March 1915 Rank on enlistment Corporal Unit name 25th Battalion, Machine Gun Section AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/42/1 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915 Rank from Nominal Roll 2nd Lieutenant Unit from Nominal Roll 2nd Machine Gun Battalion Fate Killed in Action 4 August 1916 Place of death or wounding Pozieres, Somme Sector, France Age at death 26 Age at death from cemetery records 26 Place of burial No known grave Commemoration details Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France Villers-Bretonneux is a village about 15 km east of Amiens. The Memorial stands on the high ground ('Hill 104') behind the Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Fouilloy, which is about 2 km north of Villers-Bretonneux on the east side of the road to Fouilloy. The Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux is approached through the Military Cemetery, at the end of which is an open grass lawn which leads into a three-sided court. The two pavilions on the left and right are linked by the north and south walls to the back (east) wall, from which rises the focal point of the Memorial, a 105 foot tall tower, of fine ashlar. A staircase leads to an observation platform, 64 feet above the ground, from which further staircases lead to an observation room. This room contains a circular stone tablet with bronze pointers indicating the Somme villages whose names have become synonymous with battles of the Great War; other battle fields in France and Belgium in which Australians fought; and far beyond, Gallipoli and Canberra. On the three walls, which are faced with Portland stone, are the names of 10,885 Australians who were killed in France and who have no known grave. The 'blocking course' above them bears the names of the Australian Battle Honours. After the war an appeal in Australia raised £22,700, of which £12,500 came from Victorian school children, with the request that the majority of the funds be used to build a new school in Villers-Bretonneux. The boys' school opened in May 1927, and contains an inscription stating that the school was the gift of Victorian schoolchildren, twelve hundred of whose fathers are buried in the Villers-Bretonneux cemetery, with the names of many more recorded on the Memorial. Villers-Bretonneux is now twinned with Robinvale, Victoria, which has in its main square a memorial to the links between the two towns. Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 179 Miscellaneous information from cemetery records Parents: George and Margaret MURRAY, Stanton Hill, Townsville Family/military connections Brother of Pte M R Murray No 7734 15th Battn killed 18/9/18.

Note 8: Murdoch Ross Murray in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Murdoch Ross Murray Death Date: 18 Sep 1918 Death Place: Queensland Father's name: George Murray Mother's name: Margaret McGregor Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: 005941 Page Number: 1455 Murdock Ross MURRAY Regimental number 7734 Place of birth Townsville, Queensland School Central State School, Townsville, Queensland Religion Presbyterian Occupation Carpenter Address Stanton Hill, Queensland Marital status Single Age at embarkation 22 Next of kin Father, G. Murray, Stanton Hill Townsville, Queensland Previous military service Served in the Australian Garrison Artillery, QLD. Enlistment date 30 April 1917 Rank on enlistment Private Unit name 9th Battalion, 26th Reinforcement AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/26/5 Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 31 October 1917 Rank from Nominal Roll Lance Corporal Unit from Nominal Roll 15th Battalion Fate Killed in Action 18 September 1918 Place of death or wounding Hindenburg Line Age at death 23 Age at death from cemetery records 23 Place of burial Jeancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 20), France Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 77 Miscellaneous information from cemetery records Parents: George and Margaret MURRAY, Stanton Hill, Townsville, Queensland Family/military connections Brother of Lt J C Murray 7th MG Coy killed 5/8/16. Other details War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Note 9: George Murray in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: George Murray Death Date: 06 May 1923 Death Place: Queensland Father's name: George Murray Mother's name: Christina Cassie Registration Year: 1923 Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: 002163 Page Number: 1182 West End Cemetery - George Murray - age 63 - buried 7/5/1923 Townsville Daily Bulletin 7 May 1923 The deceased gentle- man leaves a widow, with whom sympathy will be extended by a wide circle of friends, but no family, his two sons having been killed in the war. Mr. Murray was for many years an alderman of the city, and on three oc- casions occupied the Mayoral chair, viz. in 1908, 1911 and again in 1916. A native of Inverwire, Aberdeenshire, he arrived from Scotland as a young man in 1883, spending the first three years in Mackay, but coming to Townsville in 1886, just 37 years ago. For some time after his arrival he worked as a journeyman carpenter, but over 25 years ago launched out as a contractor and builder on his own account, and has been in business ever since having carried out important contracts in the city. Of strong patriotic strain he rendered good service in the war in the recruiting campaign and though it was his cruel lot to lose his two sons in the struggle, his sympathy and work has always been readily offered in any efforts for the returned soldiers, as well as in any charitable cause. It was during his last term as Mayor that the cruellest experience occurred, which it is possible to conceive. Whilst presiding at a City Council meeting during the war, he received an official telegram from the War Authorities asking him as Mayor to convey to Mr. George Murray, the sad news that his son had been killed. Those who were present at the meeting will never for- get the scene as he stumbled blindly from the chair and with tears running down his face announced in a voice which was hardly recognisable that his son had been killed. It was, of course, no fault of the military authorities, be- ing just one of those many awful private tragedies which were attendant on the war but on this occasion by cruel fate staged in public. Of strong independent nature and outspoken in his views in a remarkable degree, he at times offended even his friends, yet everyone acknowledged under the rough exterior the strong sense of honesty and determination which was the real feature of his character. The Mayor's Sympathy. The Mayor (Ald. W. H. Green M.L.A.), upon being spoken to said: "As representing the citizens of Townsville one cannot help feeling a keen sense of regret at the loss which we as a city have sustained through the sad death of one who played such an important part in the public affairs of the city. Having been associated with the late Mr. George Murray in many public activities and also in other spheres. I would like also to pay my tribute of praise to his sterling char- acter, his devotion to duty and to the faithful fulfillment of the obligations imposed upon him. As Mayor and ald- derman for many years of this city he gave of his best, and nobly and faith- fully carried out the duties devolving upon him in the important spheres in which he was placed. As a loyal son of the Empire he gave the best he had and the citizens will ever remember the steadfastness he displayed when the news came advising that his noble sons had been called upon to make the "supreme sacrifice." His work for all patriotic objects and his devotion to the cause of the returned soldier will live long in the memory of the citizens of Townsville. The citizens' heartfelt sorrow goes out to the be- reaved wife and other relatives."

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: George Murray in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: George Murray Death Date: 06 May 1923 Death Place: Queensland Father's name: George Murray Mother's name: Christina Cassie Registration Year: 1923 Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: 002163 Page Number: 1182

- Reference = (Marriage)

- Notes: George Murray in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: George Murray Spouse Name: Margaret Macgregor Marriage Date: 09 Oct 1885 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1885 Registration Number: 001126 Page Number: 10757

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