Charles Herbert McMurtrie
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McMURTRIE, Charles Herbert
Service no: 3211 [1]
Place of birth: Orange, 1 May 1878
Address: 205 Darling Street, Balmain
Occupation: Blacksmith
Next of kin: Ed McMurtrie (brother), Shaft Street, Lithgow, later Bertha Annie McMurtrie (wife), 205 Darling Street, Balmain
Date of enlistment: 13 August 1915
Place of enlistment: Holsworthy
Age at enlistment: 37
Fate: Embarked HMAT A29 Suevic, Sydney, 20 December 1915. Transferred to Australian Casualty Clearing Station, suffering with myalgia, 14 May 1916. Discharged back to Unit 29 May 1916. Rejoined Battalion, ex hospital, 30 May 1916. Proceeded overseas to France ex Alexandria, 19 June 1916. Disembarked at Marseilles and transferred to hospital 29 June 1916. Transferred to 2nd Australian General Hospital Marseilles, suffering an abscess on the thigh, 30 June 1916. Transferred to Garrison Camp Marseilles, 19 July 1916. Admitted to 26th General Hospital Etaples with a growth on the neck, 3 August 1916. Transferred to England 8 August 1916. Admitted to Military Hospital Dover, 8 August 1916. Transferred to No 1 Command Depot Tidworth, 10 August 1916. Transferred to St John's Voluntary Aid Detachment Southport, 9 September 1916. Discharged from hospital 13 November 1916. Reported to No 1 Command Depot Perham Downs, 14 November 1916. Marched out to 14th Training Battalion Perham Downs, 23 November 1916. Marched into 14th Training Battalion Camp 586, from Perham Downs, 27 November 1916. Marched out to No 2 Command Depot Weymouth, 27 January 1917. Embarked HT Beltana, Plymouth for return to Australia 17 March 1917. Disembarked Sydney 12 May 1917. Discharged from AIF as medically unfit 12 June 1917.
Date of death: 9 August 1951, Carlton, aged 73
