William Beresford MUIR (1891

William Beresford MUIR (1891 - 1964)

shearer, teamster, police officer, soldier, MM

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Living Living Living Living Living Living	William Beresford MUIR (1891 - 1964) + Sarah GREGORY (1891 - 1989)	William James MUIR (1864 - 1902)	James Cawfield MUIR (1834 - 1917)	James MUIR
				Margaret (MUIR)
			Anne DUNSMUIR (1836 - 1915)	John DUNSMUIR
				Janet WYLIE
		Jane Euphemia MCINTYRE (1868 - 1952)	Archibald MCINTYRE (1844 - 1905)	Peter MCINTYRE (1804 - 1869)
				Catherine MCDERMOTT ( - 1854)
			Johanna PRINGLE (1850 - 1923)	James PRINGLE (1817 - 1873)
				Rebecca VALLANCE (1835 - 1875)

b. 1891 at Uriarra, New South Wales, Australia

m. 1919 Sarah GREGORY (1891 - 1989) at Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia

d. 04 Jul 1964 at Bexley, New South Wales, Australia aged 73

Parents:

William James MUIR (1864 - 1902)

Jane Euphemia MCINTYRE (1868 - 1952)

Siblings (6):

Johanna MUIR (1888 - 1889)

James Archibald MUIR (1889 - 1980)

Catherine (Kit) McDemott MUIR (1894 - 1977)

John Oswald Howard MUIR (1895 - 1977)

Peter Richard MUIR (1898 - 1975)

Clarence Robert Norman MUIR (1900 - 1966)

Children (6):

Events in William Beresford MUIR (1891 - 1964)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1891		William Beresford MUIR was born	Uriarra, New South Wales, Australia	29580/1891	6
04 Jun 1902	11	Death of father William James MUIR (aged 38)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia		6
1919	28	Married Sarah GREGORY (aged 28)	Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia	9109/1919
13 Jul 1952	61	Death of mother Jane Euphemia MCINTYRE (aged 84)	Bexley, New South Wales, Australia	21264/1952 Rockdale	6
04 Jul 1964	73	William Beresford MUIR died	Bexley, New South Wales, Australia	28298/1964	6

Personal Notes:

Honours and Awards - William Beresford Muir
Service number: 2605
Rank: Private
Unit: 55th Battalion
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Recommendation: Military Medal
Date of recommendation: 3 October 1918

For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during annattack on the Hindenburg Line N. of BELLICQURT on 30th Sept. 1918.
In the absence of stretcher bearers this man was detailed to attend to the wounded. After a line had been established this gallant, soldier, heedless of all personal danger. and aIIthough the whole area was being swept by extremely heavy M.G. and shell fire, advanced in to No Man's Land and carried several wounded men back to a place of safety.
He showed great courage in the face of many difficulties and was undoubtedly instrumental in saving the lives of many. He worked arduously and continuously throughout the whole operation and his unselfishness is worthy of the highest praise.

Honours and Awards - William Beresford Muir
Service number: 2605
Rank: Private
Unit: 55th Bn
Service: Army
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Award: Military Medal
Date of London Gazette: 14 May 1919
Location in London Gazette: Page 6059, position 87
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 15 September 1919
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1365, position 140

Source References:

6. Type: Book, Abbr: Queanbeyan Register, Title: Biographical register of Canberra and Queanbeyan: from the district to the Australian Capital Territory 1820-1930, Auth: Peter Proctor, Publ: The Heraldry & Genealogical Society of Canberra, Date: 2001

- Reference = 231 (Death)

- Reference = 231 (Birth)

This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.

My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).

I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
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