Raymond Charles MURDOCH

MURDOCH, Raymond Charles

Service Number: 23418
Enlisted: 31 July 1939
Last Rank: Able Seaman
Last Unit: HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Born: Wayville, South Australia, 6 June 1922
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Salesman
Died: Killed in Action, Indian Ocean, 20 November 1941, aged 19 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Lost at Sea
Memorials: Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Birkenhead HMAS Sydney (II) D48 Memorial, Carnarvon HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Carnarvon Walk of Remembrance, Geraldton HMAS Sydney II Memorial, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea
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World War 1 Service

31 Jul 1939: Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman Driver, 23418, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2

World War 2 Service

20 Nov 1941: Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 23418, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2
Date unknown: Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Richard Philip James Murdoch, and of Anna Ottilic Murdoch, of Prospect, South Australia.

A.B. Raymond Charles Murdoch, 19, son of Mrs. A. Langman, of Connaught street, Prospect, passed his midshipman's examination 12, but was not  called up for duty. He joined the navy at the age of 17, and while training at Flinders Naval Depot won a cup for the lightweight boxing championship of the depot. He met Johnny Dillon in his second amateur fight in Adelaide, which he lost on points.

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