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MURPHY, Eric Reginald Harry
Personal Details
Service Number: | 417399 |
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Enlisted: | 25 April 1942 |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | Operational Training Units (RAF) |
Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 28 September 1909 |
Home Town: | Glengowrie, Marion, South Australia |
Schooling: | Adelaide Technical High School, Adelaide, South Australia |
Occupation: | Printing Salesman |
Died: | Flying Accident, England, United Kingdom, 3 February 1944, aged 34 years |
Cemetery: |
Oxford (Botley) Cemetery, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom |
Memorials: | Adelaide Technical High School Old Scholars WW2 Honour Roll, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
25 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 417399, No. 4 Initial Training School Victor Harbor, Adelaide | |
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25 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417399 | |
3 Feb 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417399, Operational Training Units (RAF) |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Sergeant Murphy 417399 RAAF (Navigator / Bomb Aimer) died from asphyxiation due to a suspected oxygen failure during an aircraft training flight from Number 21 Operational Training Unit (21OTU) based at RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, England