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Military service
Service number:
832796
Age:
23
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
10th Bn.
Birth:
March 30, 1894
Newcastle, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
July 28, 1916
Moncton, New Brunswick
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. F. 15.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Arthur McMurray
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Grave Marker
Grave Marker – The grave marker at the Nine Elms Cemetery located outside Roclincourt, France. It is located about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Cemetery
Nine Elms Cemetery – The Nine Elms Cemetery, located at Roclincourt, France. It is about 5 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial in France. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
A clearer view. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Photo of Robert Arthur McMurray
My Great Uncle Art McMurray prior to going overseas to fight in the Great War. <br> Photo courtesy of Dorothy Eleanor Thompson, his niece. -
Roll of Honour
Canadian National Railways - World War One Roll of Honour. Pte. Robert Arthur McMurray enlisted in July 1916 with the 145th Battalion C.E.F. He described his occupation on his military attestation form as a Freight Porter with the Intercolonial Railway of Canada (later absorbed by the Canadian National Railways). McMurray was born in Newcastle, New Brunswick. In honoured memory.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 287 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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