Frederick Warren Muir - Berkeley Pioneer Cemetery, Unanderra, NSW - Graves Mentioning a Cause of Death on Waymarking.com

Frederick Muir served with the 1st Australian Infantry Battalion during the First World War. He departed Sydney for Egypt aboard HMAT Afric on 18 October 1914. After training at Egypt, Muir left with the 1st Battalion for the Dardanelles and participated in the landing at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. He wrote home to his mother almost every week from the trenches, describing in detail his experiences at the front line.

His letters were published in the South Coast Times, a local paper in Wollongong. In late November 1915, Muir was badly wounded and taken to the Hospital Ship Glenart Castle, just off the coast of the peninsula. Unfortunately, on 28 November he succumbed to his wounds.

Source: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour (website listed below).

Three members of the Muir family are represented on the headstone. His father James R died aged 36 in 1894, his brother James E was murdered in 1908 & Frederick.

If you wish to read one of Frederick's letters to his mother this link will take you to the National Library of Australia's Trove digitised newspaper South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus 19 February 1915 (visit link)

Type of Death Listed: Killed by something Website (if available): [Web Link] Cause of death inscription on headstone: Not listed

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