MURRAY, Lindsay McIntosh
(Service number 29185)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 15 May 1896 | Place of Birth | Lyttelton |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Ranui, Pages Road, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs G. PARKER (mother), Ranui, Pages Road, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 18th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 11 October 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 31 August 1982 | Age | 86 years |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Lindsay McIntosh Murray was the youngest son of William McIntosh Murray and his wife, Gertrude Constance Emma née Curry. Following the death of his father on board the Rimutaka in 1899, his mother married again, to Herbert Raymond Parker, and lived at "Ranui" in Pages Road, Timaru. Lindsay was educated at Fendalton School and Christ's College. His brother William also served in World War I and another brother, Donal McIntosh Murray, was called up in 1917 at Timaru. His step-father, Herbert Raymond Parker, was also called up.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [26 January 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [26 January 2020]; School admission record [26 January 2020]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [26 January 2020]
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