LEST WE FORGET
Leading Aircraftman John Gannon MURRAY
Service No: 77744
Born: Brisbane QLD, 20 February 1898
Enlisted in the RAAF: 6 August 1942
Discharged from the RAAF: 24 October 1944
Unit at Discharge: No. 5 Transportation and Movements Office
Died: Illness, Brisbane QLD, 12 September 1945, Aged 47 Years
Cremated: Mount Thompson Crematorium, Brisbane QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of John Rutherford Murray and Susan Murray; husband of Louisa Victoria Murray, of Nundah
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: AIF Memorial Wall, Mount Thompson Crematorium QLD
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 24 October 1944, Leading Aircraftman Murray, a Guard, was discharged from the RAAF medically unfit for further service and he died of an illness on 12 September 1945.
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 A9301, 77744