Volunteers of Essendon and Flemington, 1914-1918
Pte John Thomas Murray, 8th Battalion.
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/H05783
Murray J T Pte 7270 John Thomas 8 Inf Bn 26 Tram conductor Single Pres
Address: Ascot Vale
Next of Kin: Murray, E, Mrs, mother, Stawell
Enlisted: 3 Oct 1916
Embarked: A70 Ballarat 19 Feb 1917 torpedoed
The transport HMAT Ballarat after being torpedoed by a German submarine off the
southern English coast on 25 Apr 1917. In the background a British destroyer is
standing by to take the troops. http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/C01592 AWM Collection.
Date of Death: 15/04/1918
Son of John and Euphemia Murray, of Stawell, Victoria, Australia.
OUTTERSTEENE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, BAILLEUL
ON ACTIVE SERVICE.
MURRAY. - Killed in action, J. T. Murray, Machine Gun Section, A.I.F. , late conductor North Melbourne Electric Tramway and Lighting Co.
-Inserted by his fellow workmates, motormen and conductors.
Family Notices. (1918, June 13). The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter (Moonee Ponds, Vic. : 1914 - 1918), p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved June 25, 2012, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74606251
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War Service Commemorated
North Melbourne Electric Tramways and Lighting Company
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