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Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch (), journalist and newspaper proprietor, was born on 12 August at West Melbourne, second son and third of seven..

Murdoch, Keith Arthur, Sir

By Richard Trembath

Keith Arthur Murdoch (1885-1952)
Australian journalist and newspaper proprietor Keith Arthur Murdoch at Anzac Cove, Gallipoli, in early September 1915.

West Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

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Sir Keith Arthur Murdoch (), journalist and newspaper proprietor, was born on 12 August at West Melbourne, second son and third of seven.

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Popular history views Sir Keith Murdoch () as a fearless war correspondent-author of the famous letter that led to the evacuation of the Anzac force.

At this stage, he was travelling and working for the Sydney Sun and Melbourne Herald newspapers.
Unknown photographer: A05396, black-and-white photograph, Anzac cove, Turkey, 1915; source: Australian War Memorial, A05396, https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C53647.
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Murdoch, Keith Arthur

Australian journalist

Born 12 August 1885 in West Melbourne, Australia

Died 04 October 1952 in Langwarrin, Australia

Summary

Keith Murdoch was an Australian journalist and newspaper proprietor.

His Gallipoli Letter was highly critical of the Allied conduct of the Dardanelles Campaign. Later in World War I he worked as a propagandist for conscription and attempted to influence