Charles Vincent Murray

Forenames

Charles Vincent AWMM

Surname

Murray AWMM

Service number

WWI 63644 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

7 Aug 1891 Public Source

Date of birth

7 August 1891

Public - Sue - Other relative - 24 April 2016 - Birth certificate

Place of birth

Dunedin

Public - Sue - Other relative - 24 April 2016 - Birth certificate/ military personnel file

Next of kin

John Murray (father), 27 Roy Street, Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

Public - Sue - Other relative - 24 April 2016 - Military personnel file

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 63644 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  London Gazette, 13 November 1918, p13401, Rec No 2253: AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Awarded for "acts of gallantry in the field" after he died from gunshot wounds received in action with the 4th Battalion 3rd NZ Rifle Brigade (B Coy) in August 1918. The award was granted on 19 September 1918.
  Public - Sue - Other relative - 24 April 2016 - Military personnel file, London Gazette, National Archives Kew medal index card (War Office ref 372/23/147159)

Enlistment

• WW1 Upholsterer/Civilian AWMM
• 23 June 1917
  Public - Sue - Other relative - 24 April 2016 - Military personnel file

Age on enlistment

25

Public - Sue - Other relative - 24 April 2016 - Birth certificate

Embarkation details

• WW1 31 Dec 1917-25 Feb 1918 AWMM
  HMNZT 99 AWMM Vessel was Athenic AWMM Private AWMM 33rd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
• Based at Brocton camp, England, where the NZ Rifle Brigade trained, from 28 February 1918 until late April. Left for France on 28 April and was in the field from 3 May.
  Public - Sue - Other relative - 24 April 2016 - Military personnel file

Medical notes

• Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
• Received gunshot wounds 26 August and was taken to casualty clearing station but died next day
  Public - Sue - Other relative - 24 April 2016 - Military personnel file

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

• Son of John and Catherine Murray of 27 Roy Street, Newton, Wellington AWMM
• Two of Charles's older brothers also served in World War 1. Alexander, a gunner with the NZ Field Artillery, and John Henry, a sapper with the NZ Engineers, both survived.
  Public - Sue - Other relative - 24 April 2016 - Family knowledge, military personnel files

Death

27 Aug 1918 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt, Somme, France AWMM V C 23 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21379017
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/57776/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/57776
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  76: 12
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 99 - Te huia : the magazine of the 33rd Reinforcement. Printed and published by the Argus Printing Company for the Executive Committee of "Te Huia," 33rd Reinforcements, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1918.