Pte. George Alexander MURDOCK
1897 - 1917 (19 years)-
Name George Alexander MURDOCK Prefix Pte. Birth 18 Oct 1897 Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada [1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Census-Household Member 1901 Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada Census-Household Member 1911 Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada [5] S 1/2 Lot 12, Con 9; & S Pt N 1/2 Lot 14 Con 10 Attestation Papers 14 Apr 1915 Ottawa, Carleton, Ontario, Canada [6] # 410143 38th Battalion, Canadian INfantry Cause of Death WW II Circumstances of Death 28 Jun 1917 No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station [7] 38th Battalion Death 28 Jun 1917 Avion, Pas de Calais, France [6, 8, 9] Burial Noeux-les-Mines, Pas de Calais, France [10, 11] Address:
Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery
Noeux-Les-Mines
FrancePerson ID I49260387 Whitewater Region Early Families Last Modified 29 Nov 2022
Father John Campbell MURDOCK, b. 14 Jun 1864, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 28 Dec 1911, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada (Age 47 years) Mother Margaret Harriett MOORE, b. 11 Oct 1869, Ross Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada d. 8 Dec 1949 (Age 80 years) Marriage 1 Jun 1892 Pembroke Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada [12, 13] Family ID F6890 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Photos FF-Trinity United Church Forester`s Falls Plaque honouring deceased members in WW1
Documents FFHX - Forester's Falls War Memorial Unveiled
The Cobden Sun Jun 20, 1920 newspaper clippingFFHx-Forester's Falls War Memorial article
The Cobden Sun, originally published June 24, 1920FFHx-War Memorial Tablet unveiled at Trinity United Church
Newspaper clipping from the scrapbook of Harold Bennett, held at the Cobden Legion
Histories Murdock, Pte. George Alexander military summary
Compiled by Fay Bennett from sources listed
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Notes - 1911 Census Ross Twp., Renfrew Co., Ontario with parents
WWI service:
- Arrived in France on Aug 14, 1916.
Sustained a GSW to lt hand 4th phalanx on Nov 1, 1916; admitted to 3 General Hospital, Boulogne for an amputation of the finger and discharged back to field on Jan 26, 1917.
Census-Household Member:
- Role: Household Member
- Role: Household Member
Attestation Papers:
- Gave BD as Oct 15, 1986, His occupation was labourer. He was 18 yrs, 4 months. He was 5' 7" tall with a fair complexion, blue eyes and fair hair
Circumstances of Death:
- "Died of Wounds
He was wounded by shrapnel from an enemy shell while taking part in an attack on Avion. His wounds were dressed and he was taken to No. 7 Casualty Clearing Station where he died."
considered dangerously wounded
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Birth Registration of George Alexander Murdock b. Oct 18 1897 to John C Murdock and Maggie H Moore - [S605403] Automated Genealogy, Census - Canada, Ontario, Renfrew Co., Ross Twp., - 1901, (Index to 1901 Census of Canada with Digital Images, http://automatedgenealogy.com/census/cache/index.html).
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John C Murdock age 31 years; res & b. Ross Twp; widower; farmer, s/o James Murdock and Mary Campbell to Margaret Moore age 23 b. & res Ross Twp; spinster; d/o Benjamen Moore and Nancy Holt; Witnesses : Alfred Holt, Forester's Falls and Rollie Moore, Ross Twp; Jun 1 1892, Pembroke; both Methodist; by Rev W A Hanna by license - [S436] Methodist Church (Beachburg, Westmeath Twp.,, Ontario, Canada), Church Records - Methodist Marriage Register, Beachburg, Westmeath Twp., 1892-1906 (Reliability: 3).
wit: Alfred HOlt, Foresters Falls & Nellie Moore, Rolph
at Pembroke twp, Jun 1 1892 by W. A. Hanna
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