Lawford Dudley Muirhead

(Confirmed)

Born: 6 January, 1898

Died: 20 June, 1918

Biographical Summary:

Served with the 3rd Battalion in Belgium and France.  He was wounded in action (gunshot wounds head and right wrist) on 10 November 1917 at Passchendaele, Belgium.  He returned to his Battalion on 23 May 1918. 

During an attack at Merris, France, on 20 June 1918, he was killed by German machine gun fire while climbing from his trench.  He was buried nearby but his grave was not located after the war.  He is commemorated at the Villers-Bretonnieux Memorial.  [JSB]

Service Number: 6054

Ranks:

• Held rank of Private

Birth Records:

• 6 January, 1898 in Mosman

Death Records:

• 20 June, 1918 in Merris

Address:

• Taraleela Upper Avenue Road Mosman NSW Australia

Relationships:

• father - John Muirhead

Organisations:

• Member of - 3rd Battalion, AIF

Main Sources:

• MUIRHEAD Lawford Service Number 6054 Place of Birth Sydney NSW Place of Enlistment Bathurst NSW Next of Kin Mother MUIRHEAD Thereisa (Webpage)
• Find War Dead MUIRHEAD LAWFORD DUDLEY (Webpage)
• Roll of Honour Lawford Dudley Muirhead (Webpage)
• Red Cross Wounded and Missing Lawford Dudley Muirhead (Webpage)
• 373rd CASUALTY LIST NEW SOUTH WALES WOUNDED (Newspaper Article)
• 417th CASUALTY LIST NEW SOUTH WALES KILLED (Newspaper Article)
• ROLL OF HONOUR (Newspaper Article)
• IN MEMORIAM On Active Service 20 June 1919 (Newspaper Article)
• IN MEMORIAM On Active Service 21 June 1930 (Newspaper Article)

Commemorations:

• Muirhead on the Scots Kirk Presbyterian Church Mosman Roll of Honour