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1892–1958

Francis Claudius "Frank" Murdoch

Parents
William Murdoch 1856–1918 tree · direct line Catherine Jane Matson 1862–1914 tree · direct line
Francis Claudius "Frank" Murdoch 1892–1958 in the tree
4 brothers and sisters
Marion Janet Murdoch 1893–1972 William James Fraser "Bill" Murdoch 1894–1946 Allan George Murdoch 1896–1907 Annie Kathleen Murdoch 1898–1964
written in a record this archive has read from the family tree, untested

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The record

Born 29 OCT 1892 Gympie, Queensland, Australia
Died 11 NOV 1958 Darling Downs

Counted here with the Murdoch family · that family →

Family

Parents

William Murdoch · Catherine Jane Matson

Brothers and sisters

Marion Janet Murdoch (1893–1972) · William James Fraser "Bill" Murdoch (1894–1946) · Allan George Murdoch (1896–1907) · Annie Kathleen Murdoch (1898–1964)

Where this comes from

No relationship on this page has been checked against a record. Everything here is what the family tree says, which is a claim and not a source. How claims are labelled →

Every entry naming Francis Claudius "Frank" Murdoch in the register →

Everywhere Francis appears in this archive

Every page of this site that writes about Francis Claudius "Frank" Murdoch, gathered automatically — 1 in total. This is the same evidence as the rest of the archive, brought together in one place.

The Murdochs

…Ayr Janet Murdoch b. 1867 · Ayr George Murdoch b. 1868 · Ayr Jeanie Murdoch b. 1870 · Ayr Francis Claudius "Frank" Murdoch 1892–1958 · Gympie Marion Janet Murdoch 1893–1972 William James Fraser "Bill" Murdoch 1894–1946 · Gympie Allan George Murdoch 189…

What is written about Francis

Carried across from the family tree, with its markup stripped. Family testimony, not an independent record — valuable, and labelled.

This note reached the archive damaged. The export it came from stores rich text, and the transfer truncated it — opening tags cut off mid-attribute, and words missing from the middle of sentences. What follows has had the wreckage stripped, but sentences will still break off. That is the source, not the transcription, and nothing has been invented to bridge the gaps.
Service/reference number Branch of Armed Forces or Service Army / Flying Corps From Gympies Great https://www.gfhs.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1915-Index-for-Book-2-Jul-Dec-for-web-3-5-2018.pdf Service Nr: 3433 Lieutenant in 49th Batallion in WW1. Further NB Here his date of birth is given as October 1891 not October 1892
Appears he was still serving in WW2. (e-book mentions Francis Murdoch served in WW1.) pg=PT74&lpg=PT74&dq=francis+murdoch+toowoomba&source=bl&ots=1Y_TnUyd4X&sig=ACfU3U2g9GqFtmoiw_KxVUxumrBRx_vxDA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJ747hlNLmAhWY7XMBHUxIBXEQ6AEwAXoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=francis%20murdoch%20toowoomba&f=false
Record of his WW1 injury in newspaper: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/188092552
Image of the ship Seang Bee on the day it departed with Francis Murdoch onboard. People threw streamers: https://findingbarney.wordpress.com/pieces-of-the-puzzle/hmat-seang-bee/ Better image of ship here (plus interesting story of indigenous soldier also onboard): https://www.slq.qld.gov.au/blog/first-indigenous-australian-decorated-world-war-one-private-maitland-madge-mm-bravery-field
Gives a timeline for the Battle of Polygon Wood which may have been where he was injured on 30 September 1917:http://blogs.slq.qld.gov.au/ww1/2019/01/23/patrick-joseph-devine/

Sources attached in the tree

  • FamilySearch Family Tree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-711876517/francis-claudius-murdoch-in-familysearch-family-tree
  • FamilySearch Family Tree — https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-711876517/francis-claudius-murdoch-in-familysearch-family-tree
  • Discovering Anzacs — https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/250882

These are the citations the family tree carries. Where this archive has checked one against the original, it says so on the relevant page. Method →

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