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Bacchus Marsh
Avenue of Honour

Gunner William Frederick Murcott

1883
Born in Carlton, VIC
24/7/1915
Enlisted in the AIF, aged 31
13/11/1915
Appointed to the 13th Reinforcements, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
5/1/1916
Embarked aboard the HMAT A19 Afric
10/2/1916
Posted to No. 1 Section - Cairo, Egypt
22/3/1916
Posted to the 14th Field Artillery Brigade, 56th Battery
20/6/1916
Embarked from Alexandria, Egypt
30/6/1916
Disembarked at Marseilles, France
8/7/1916
Transferred to the 25th Field Artillery Brigade
24/1/1917
Transferred to the 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 51st Battery
7/2/1917
Forfeited seven days pay for the delayed obeying of an order
15/9/1917 - 1/10/1917
Granted furlough
1/10/1917 - 5/11/1917
Admitted to hospital
1/3/1918 - 8/3/1918
To school of instruction
6/7/1918
Forfeited four days pay for gambling
7/11/1918 - 28/11/1918
On leave in England
2/4/1919
Returned to England
15/5/1919
Embarked for Australia aboard the Orontes
28/6/1919
Returned to Australia
2/9/1919
Discharged from the AIF, medically unfit - deafness
1963
Died at Carlton, VIC, aged 79

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