Cemetery: Vimy Memorial
Country: France
Area: Pas De Calais
Rank: Pioneer
Force: Army
Official Number: 103199
Unit: 67th Bn. Canadian Pioneers.
Country of Service: Canadian
Details: Killed in action at Courcelette 11th October 1916. Age 48. Son of the late Angus Murray and his wife Jane Mackay of Scotsburn and Truro Nova Scotia. Born at Scotsburn Pictou Co. Nova Scotia. Educated at Truro Academy and Dalhousie College Halifax Nova Scotia. Was engaged in mining and civil engineering in British Columbia. Murray River and Murray Range in Northern British Columbia Peace River District has been named after him. Murray River: See "The Historic Land marks Association of Canada" Annual Report 1919 page 48. Murray Range: Department of Lands Forest Branch Victoria British Columbia - Letter 4th July 1919 file 55702/06863.
Photograph by David Milborrow