Murray, Jack Keith

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Active in the Militia from 1935, he was promoted temporary lieutenant colonel in 1940 and given command of the 25th Battalion, Darling Downs Regiment. He spent the next three years administering army training establishments in Queensland (as temporary colonel from August 1941). FROM ADB entry

Book of Remembrance entry

B.A., B.Sc.Agr., Diploma in Military Science : Captain, Sea Transport Service and A.A.V.C., A.I.F., France. Seconded from University Scouts to camps and, being medically unfit for full Active Service, was allowed to enlist for Transport Service 31st May, 1916. Was appointed captain for the voyage only , sailed as Adjutant on Kyarra 3rd June and was later Adjutant on Ayrshire , returning in February, 1917. Re-enlisting as private in Veterinary Details 26th November, served until after the Armistice, although sick at 5th Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, Mauberge in November, 1918. Later, under A.I.F. Education Scheme, won National Diploma in Dairying (Scotland).Resident at St John's College, Sydney University.

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1889

Birth in Brighton -- VIC, Australia 8 February 1889
1889

Birth 8 Feb 1889 at Brighton [ VIC Australia ]
1904

Early education at St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, NSW, Australia 1904
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1914

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1914
1915

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1915
1916

Enlisted 31 May 1916
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Military service as Captain at France --, France
1917

Enlisted 26 Nov 1917
1917

Discharged 3 Jan 1917 at Australia [ Australia ]
1918

Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France 1 November 1918
1919

On leave 1919 at Scotland [ Scotland ]
1919

Visited 1919 - 1920 @ United States Of America [ USA ]
1920

Lecturer at Richmond -Hawkesbury Agricultural College- NSW, Australia 1920
1920

Demobilised 24 May 1920
1923

Principal at Gatton -Queensland Agricultural High School And College- QLD, Australia 14 September 1923
1923

Joined public service QLD 3 Nov 1923
1924

Married 10 Jul 1924 at Sydney [ NSW Australia ]
1927

Professor of Agriculture at St Lucia -University of Queensland- Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1927
1929

Principal at Gatton -Queensland Agricultural High School And College- QLD, Australia 1929
1945

Administrator at Papua New Guinea --, Papua New Guinea 1945
1959

Appointed O.B.E. Order British Empire 1959 at Australia [ Australia ]
1967

Tertiary education at University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia 1967
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Member of Royal Society of Queensland
1979

Death in Jindalee -- QLD, Australia 10 December 1979

Gender

Male

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