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MURDOCH, Raymond Charles
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 23418 |
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| 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 |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jul 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman Driver, 23418, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 |
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World War 2 Service
| 20 Nov 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Able Seaman, 23418, HMAS Sydney (II) - D48 WW2 | |
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| Date unknown: | Involvement |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography 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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