Military History

Murray enlisted with the 16th Infantry Bn. The Bn. was transported to Victoria for training at Broadmeadows .
Embarked Melbourne per HMAT ‘Ceramic’ A40 for Egypt 22.12.1914.
Roll Rank Private
Roll Unit A’ Coy, 16th Battalion, 4th Infantry Brigade, 2nd Division, AIF.
Murray embarked in Melbourne, however, his ship stopped at Albany before proceeding to Egypt. He disembarked at Alexandria with his Bn. 3.2.1915. He entrained to the training camp at Heliopolis. The 16th Bn. received orders prepare to move 4.4.1915. They entrained to Alexandria, joined the MEF and embarked for Gallipoli. per HT ‘Hyda Pasha’. Murray disembarked with his Bn. at ANZAC Cove on the afternoon of 25.4.1915. They moved to an area known as Pope’s Hill which they held for 5 days until relieved. (16th Bn Anzac site) Murray was reported KIA at Gallipoli Peninsula 30.4.1915. Red Cross Files variously report that Murray was killed soon after landing or on the 26.5.1915 in the vicinity of Pope’s Hill. The exact date of death is unreliable. Murray’s body was not recovered and identified and no known burial site is recorded. (AWM Red Cross File See Gibbons SN 623).
Murray is commemorated at the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Cannakkale Province, Turkey.
Final Rank Private, 16th Bn. AIF.
Medical Condition Deceased, KIA.
Note
Photos  J H Murray. West Australian Newspaper 18.6.1915
              HMAT 'Ceramic'. Photographer Josiah Barnes , photograph source AWM PB0284A
              Landing at Gallipoli on the morning of 25.4.1915. Photographer A. Joyner, photograph source AWM P00035.001
              Pope's Hill Cemetery 1919. Photograph made by James W.H & Swanston W.H. Photograph source AWM G01852
              Lone Pine Memorial. Photographer unknown, photograph source AWM P02768.007

Information Source
AWM PB0284A. HMAT 'Ceramic'. Photographer Josiah Barnes , photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM P00035.001. Landing at Gallipoli on the morning of 25.4.1915. Photographer A. Joyner, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM G01852. Pope's Hill Cemetery 1919. Photograph made by James W.H & Swanston W.H. Photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM P02768.007. Lone Pine Memorial. Photographer unknown, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM Embarkation Roll John Henry Murray
AWM Roll of Honour- John Henry Murray
AWM Red Cross File- John Henry Murray
AWM Red Cross File Clarence Gordon Gibbons
16th Bn AIF at ANZAC Gallipoli http://www.Anzacsite.gov.au/1landing/s_sixteenth.html
Bunbury Herald
Guildford Primary School Honour Roll
NAA: B2455, Murray J. H.
West Australian Newspaper

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