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Yes. His name is John Alexander McMurray B. 1898, OCT 2nd. He may have initially enlisted under a different name - "Murray" - and with a different date of birth as he was not yet 16 when he enlisted. At some point he went AWOL and then re-enlisted perhaps under his real name "McMurray" - or vice-verse. I do not have the original photo but here is a crop on the badge.

thanks N. Girl. well i think my mystery is solved but does not help me in respects to your Murray/ Shaw connection.
Mine is a much later connection and probably of unrelated.

1891 Census - RG12/336 Folio 54 Page 39

My William and Jane E. A. McMurray (maiden name Johnson) - had a daughter Jane (sister to my Great geat grandfather William Mc Murray) who's first marriage was to a Frederick Shaw - hence the grand Daughtetr Norah who lived with William and Jane in the 1901 census.

My William did have a brother James born after him - aprox 1850( don't have my notes in front of me) and apparently he emigrated to the states and maybe owned a bar?

william Mc Murray's parents were John  (born 1810)and Catherine Mc Murray both of Ireland but I do not know what town they were from. rumors aroung Antrim and Mayo - quite a difference.
More family rumors- somewhere back there they are supposed to be mcMurrays of Scotland but i can not even pin them down in Ireland yet!

Great site! Glad to be here! Hope to find my McMurrays 

Hi - I am new to Roots Chat.
I am researching the McMurray line and found a connection to Shaw. My research centers around William McMurray, B. 1842 in Ireland to John and Catherine also of Ireland. He had a brother James, sister, Elizabeth, brother Thomas. The family emigarted to London in aprox 1845.  William's sibs were born in Lancashire and St. Pancras London.
In the 1901 England Census William McMurray and his wife Jane have a grandaughter living with them named "Norah Shaw".

any of this ring a bell?

thanks~
Cathie Joy