John James (Jack) McMurtrie
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McMURTRIE, John James (Jack)
Service no: 5385 [1]
Place of birth: Orange, 1894
Address: Ivanhoe, William Street, Orange
Occupation: Plasterer
Next of kin: John Robert McMurtrie (father), Ivanhoe, William Street, Orange
Date of enlistment: 12 February 1916
Place of enlistment: Bathurst
Age at enlistment: 21
Fate: Proceeded to Bathurst training camp 12 February 1916. Transferred to Liverpool camp 19 April 1916. Embarked HMAT A18 Wiltshire, Sydney, 22 August 1916. Disembarked Plymouth 12 October 1916. Taken on strength, No 3 Command Depot 13 October 1916, Marched into 5th Training Battalion, Rollestone, 4 November 1916. Embarked HMT Golden Eagle for France, Folkestone, 13 December 1916. Marched into 2nd Australian Divisional Base Depot, Etaples, 14 December 1916. Joined 17th Battalion 18 December 1916. Killed in action, near Warlencourt, France, 3 February 1917.
Date of death: 3 February 1917
Buried: Warlencourt British Cemetery, France, Plot I, Row G, Grave 26
