Henry Baylis MURRAY

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MURRAY, Henry Baylis

Service Number:	187
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Springsure, Queensland, Australia, 27 December 1877
Home Town:	Bulimba, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk, Cargo Superintendent
Died:	Coogee, New South Wales, Australia, 2 June 1957, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales Plot: CATHOLIC MONUMENTAL, K7, Grave 0043
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 187, Queensland Imperial Bushmen
18 May 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 187, 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, 187, 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.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Henry Baylis Murray was born on 27 Dec 1877 at Springsure, Queensland, a son to Frederick Johnstone Murray and Mary Helen Murray (nee Casey). He married Elsie Gertrude Hanscombe in 1923 in Sydney, New South Wales.

He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. When he enlisted for WW1 in 1915 he was living in Sydney. First service was as a Private S.N. 187 in the 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private S.N. 2207 in the 13th Infantry Battalion AIF, WW1. He was discharged in 1916 in England with the rank of Corporal in consequence of a commission in the 9th Kings Own Scottish Borderers, Imperial Army with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. On completion of his service he was returned to Australia.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 483; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).

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