LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Hugh George MURRAY
Service No: 411226
Born: Auckland, New Zealand, 14 March 1920
Enlisted in the RAAF: 27 April 1941 (at Sydney NSW)
Unit: No. 199 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Lakenheath
Died: Vehicle Accident, Suffolk, 22 October 1943, Aged 23 Years
Buried: Cambridge City Cemetery, Cambridgeshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of George and Amy Murray, of Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Warrant Officer Murray, an Air Gunner, was knocked down and killed by a truck in High Street, Lakenheath, Suffolk, at approximately 2100 hours on 22 October 1943.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/28/169
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line