[Index]
James Cassie MURRAY (1889 - 1916)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
James Cassie MURRAY (1889 - 1916) George MURRAY (1860 - 1923) George MURRAY



Christina CASSIE



Margaret MCGREGOR (1853 - 1935) Hugh MCGREGOR (1833 - 1910) Donald MCGREGOR ( - 1873)
Margaret SUTHERLAND ( - 1896)
Margaret ROSS (1833 - 1896)



b. 1889 at Queensland, Australia
d. 1916 at Pozieres, France aged 27
Near Relatives of James Cassie MURRAY (1889 - 1916)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather George MURRAY
Grandmother Christina CASSIE
Grandfather Hugh MCGREGOR abt 1833 Latheron, Caithness, Scotland 1910 Halkirk, Caithness, Scotland 77
Grandmother Margaret ROSS abt 1833 Latheron, Caithness, Scotland 29 Nov 1896 Swiney, Caithness, Scotland 63

Father George MURRAY abt 1860 Inverwire, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1923 Townsville, Queensland, Australia 63
Mother Margaret MCGREGOR abt 1853 1935 Queensland, Australia 82

Self James Cassie MURRAY 1889 Queensland, Australia 1916 Pozieres, France 27

Brother George MURRAY 1887 Queensland, Australia 1887 Queensland, Australia 0
Brother Murdock Ross MURRAY 1895 Queensland, Australia 1918 Hindenberg Line 23

Uncle George MCGREGOR 1948 Parkes, New South Wales, Australia
Uncle Murdoch Ross MCGREGOR 1865 1910 Mirani, Queensland, Australia 45
Aunt Catherine ANGUS 29 Jan 1867 Watten, Caithness, Scotland 22 Apr 1956 Mirani, Queensland, Australia 89
Aunt Isabella MCGREGOR 1876

Cousin Hugh MCGREGOR 1890 Queensland, Australia 1972 Queensland, Australia 82
Cousin Donald Angus MCGREGOR 1891 Queensland, Australia 11 Dec 1904 Mirani, Queensland, Australia 13
Cousin Murdoch Ross MCGREGOR 1893 Queensland, Australia 1981 Mirani, Queensland, Australia 88
Cousin Catherine (Kate) Meiklejohn MCGREGOR 01 Nov 1894 Queensland, Australia 24 Aug 1947 Mackay, Queensland, Australia 52
Cousin Margaret Ross Murray MCGREGOR 10 Sep 1896 Queensland, Australia 22 Apr 1976 Queensland, Australia 79
Cousin David Angus MCGREGOR 1905 Queensland, Australia 1968 Mackay, Queensland, Australia 63
Cousin Donaldina (Ena) MCGREGOR 1910 Queensland, Australia 1989 Mackay, Queensland, Australia 79

Events in James Cassie MURRAY (1889 - 1916)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1889 James Cassie MURRAY was born Queensland, Australia Note 1 52
1916 27 James Cassie MURRAY died Pozieres, France Note 2
Note 1: 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 2: 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.
Source References:
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Birth)
- Notes: 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