In this famous attack, Sir Murray, whose regiment included many men from his own district, sent them at full gallop over two miles into Turkish entrenchments and on for a further two miles into Beersheba to capture vital wells before they could be destroyed.
For this exploit Sir Murray earned the sobriquet ‘Bourchier of Beersheba’.
Although Sir Murray will be best remembered for what happened at Beersheeba, he made an equally significant contribution post war.
He returned to the the district and farmed at Katandra before entering state politics and served with distinction as agriculture minister and deputy premier.
He was an advocate for veterans and a key proponent of the soldier settlement schemes that brought a generation of men into farming.
Predictably, his maiden speech was an attack on the government's neglect of ex-servicemen, a subject that he regularly raised.
It was typical of Sir Murray that his political aspirations were blunted by a refusal to for alliances or campaign contrary to his principles.
For Sir Murray the issues that mattered were veterans, agriculture and rural prosperity.
A team of community members, led by the RSL and Greater Shepparton City Council has been working for years to fund and complete a public memorial.
This Anzac Day, the long overdue statue of Sir Murray will be looking down Welsford St, Shepparton, to the war memorial.
