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#19940 - Canberra's First Anzac: Ernest Murray 1880-1935

Resource ID
Location
19940
PAM E190
Title/subtitle
Canberra's First Anzac: Ernest Murray 1880-1935
Author/Creator
Murray, James
Format
Pamphlet
Identifier
Murray, Ernest
Physical description
81p., includes photographs
Summary
Murray arrived in Canberra in 1909 with his family and was working at RMC, Duntroon, at the outbreak of World War 1. He served in the 1st Field Company Engineers, earned the Military Medal with a bar, and after the war obtained a soldier settlers block he called Kurrumbene (where Narrabundah is today). He died in 1935 and is buried at St John's in Reid.
Availability
Not for loan.