522 Sergeant Peter Murrie, 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen. Lived in Georgetown, Northern Areas, South Australia. Worked as a jounalist, editor and businessman. Volunteered for service in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War. Died of enteric fever (typhoid) at 17 General Hospital, Standerton, Transvaal aged 39 years. He is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, at Treloar Crescent, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; on the Adelaide Boer War Memorial at the junction of North Terrace and King William Street, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/50); on the Georgetown & District Boer War Honour Board in the Georgetown Memorial Hall, Pitt Street, Georgetown, Northern Areas, South Australia, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/1811) and on the Boer War Honour Roll in St Peter's Cathedral, corner of King William Road and Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (see:https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/6122).
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522 Sergeant Peter Murrie, 6th South Australian Imperial Bushmen. Lived in Georgetown, Northern Areas, South Australia. Worked as a jounalist, editor and businessman. Volunteered for service in South Africa during the Second Anglo Boer War. Died of enteric fever (typhoid) at 17 General Hospital, Standerton, Transvaal aged 39 years. He is also commemorated on the Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, at Treloar Crescent, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; on the Adelaide Boer War Memorial at the junction of North Terrace and King William Street, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/50); on the Georgetown & District Boer War Honour Board in the Georgetown Memorial Hall, Pitt Street, Georgetown, Northern Areas, South Australia, Australia (see: https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/1811) and on the Boer War Honour Roll in St Peter's Cathedral, corner of King William Road and Pennington Terrace, North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia (see:https://vwma.org.au/explore/memorials/6122).
View Cenotaph here
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