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John Wesley Murdock

Informatie over geboorte

Geboortedatum:
28/03/1890
Geboorteplaats:
Maynooth, Ontario, Canada

Algemene Informatie

Beroep:
Landbouwer

Informatie legerdienst

Land:
Canada
Strijdmacht:
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Lance Serjeant
Service nummer:
412273
Dienstneming datum:
25/02/1915
Dienstneming plaats:
Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
Eenheden:
 —  Canadian Infantry, 28th Bn. (North West)  (Laatst gekende eenheid)

Informatie over overlijden

Datum van overlijden:
07/11/1917
Plaats van overlijden:
Passendale, Belgiƫ
Doodsoorzaak:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Leeftijd:
27

Begraafplaats

Tyne Cot Cemetery
Plot: LX
Rij: D
Graf: 4

Onderscheidingen en medailles 2

British War Medal
Medaille
Victory Medal
Medaille

Points of interest 3

#1 Geboorteplaats
#2 Dienstneming plaats
#3 Plaats van overlijden (bij benadering)

Mijn verhaal

Lance Sergeant John Murdock served in the Canadian Infantry, 28th Battalion, part of the 6th Canadian Brigade, of the 2nd Canadian Division.
On the 6th of November 1917, the Battalion participated in an attack on Passchendaele. Along with the 27th and 31st Battalions, they managed to take the village and consolidate their objectives. The next day, on November 7th, the Battalion was still stationed at the front line in Passchendaele. Rations were brought up and wounded were evacuated.
Throughout the day there was heavy Germans shelling. In the afternoon, the 28th Battalion was relieved by the 22nd Canadian Battalion. Guides went to meet the relieving party on Abraham Heights at 5.45 pm and guided them into position. The relief was completed at 9.45 pm. After the relief, the 28th Battalion returned to billets at the hamlet of Potijze.
Lance Sergeant John Murdock was killed in action on the 7th of November 1917. Throughout the day, his Battalion experienced heavy German shelling, so it is highly possible he fell, due to the German shell fire. He was buried in the field near the ruins of the Passchendaele church. Altough his Circumstances of Death File mentions he was buried to the northwest of Passchendaele his remains were exhumed near the church after the war. Lance Sergeant John Murdock was reinterred in Tyne Cot Cemetery.

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Bronnen 4

Circumstances of Death
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/
Gebruikte bronnen
McCarthy C., The Third Ypres Passchendaele. The Day-by-Day Account, (London, Arms & Armour Press, 1995), pg. 137-139.
Gebruikte bronnen
Personnel Records of the First World War (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC) RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 6500 - 24).
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/search.aspx
Gebruikte bronnen
War diaries: 28th Canadian Infantry Battalion (Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa (LAC), RG9-III-D-3, Volume number: 4935, Microfilm reel number: T-10739--T-10740, File number: 425).
https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng
Gebruikte bronnen