LEST WE FORGET

Leading Aircraftman Paul MURDOCH

Service No: 21078
Born: Goodooga NSW, 12 May 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 22 April 1940
Unit: No. 10 Squadron, RAF Station Mount Batten, Devon
Died: Illness, Devon, 5 June 1943, Aged 30 Years
Buried: Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery, Devon
CWGC Additional Information: Son of William Henderson Murdoch and Ida Susan Murdoch; husband of Betsie Margaret Murdoch, of Narrabri, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Walgett NSW
Remembered: Panel 100, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Rathmines Memorial Bowling Club, Rathmines NSW

On the 5th June 1943, Leading Aircraftman Murdoch, a Fitter IIA, died of an acute intestinal obstruction in the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth.

References:

Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veteran’s Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/28/96
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line

Bibliography:

Ashworth, N. (Norman) The ANZAC Squadron: A history of No. 461 Squadron RAAF 1942-5, Hesperian Press Victoria Park WA 6100, 1994
Baff, K.C (Kevin), Maritime is Number Ten, K.C. Baff Netley SA, 1983
Joubert, P.B. (Sir Phillip Bennet) Birds and Fishes: the story of Coastal Command, Hutchinson and Company London, 1960
Southall, I.F. (Ivan Francis) (418900) They Shall Not Pass Unseen, Angus and Robertson Sydney NSW, 1956
Wilson, S. (Stewart) Anson, Hudson and Sunderland in Australian Service, Aerospace Publications Weston Creek ACT 2611, 1992

Book Now Book Now