Albert Charles MURCH

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MURCH, Albert Charles

Service Numbers:	158, Q222796
Enlisted:	19 April 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	21st (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Bampton, Devon, England, 4 December 1876
Home Town:	Winton, Winton, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Agent
Died:	25 January 1964, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland Plot: 13-83-7
Memorials:

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 158, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 158, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900.
10 Aug 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 158, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901.

19 Apr 1942:	Involvement Private, Q222796
19 Apr 1942:	Enlisted
19 Apr 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q222796, 21st (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
21 Oct 1945:	Discharged
21 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q222796, 21st (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)

Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Albert Charles Murch was born on 4 Dec 1876 at Bampton, Devon, England, a son to John Murch and Elizabeth Grace Bessie Murch (nee Merson). Its unclear when he arrived in Queensland but he served in the South African (Boer) War with the 4th Qld Contingent between May 1900 and Aug 1901 and married Jane Kathleen Chapman on 22 Apr 1909 in Queensland.

He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW2 (home duties). First service was as a Private S.N. 158 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. Q222796 in the 21 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (QLD), WW2.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 482, National Archives Australia WW2 service record).

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