Mervyn James MURRAY

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MURRAY, Mervyn James

Service Number:	SX38282
Enlisted:	3 January 1940, Alberton, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements
Born:	Alberton, South Australia, 14 September 1918
Home Town:	Rosewater (Greytown), Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Moulder
Died:	Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Plot. Panel 10, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Jan 1940:	Involvement Sapper, SX38282
3 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Alberton, SA
3 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Private, SX38282, Alberton, South Australia
3 Jan 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX38282
1 Jul 1942:	Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, SX38282, Fortress / Coastal Artillery & Supporting Elements , Prisoners of War, Sapper - Engineers Fortress Company Rabaul
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Paul Trevor

'DEATH OF S.A. MEN ADVISED.

Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Murray, Stonehaven street, Rosewater Gardens, have been advised that their second son, Sapper M. J. Murray, R.A.E., previously reported missing, is now reported missing, died July 1, 1942.

He was at Fort Largs, and left for Queenscliffe and Rabaul in January, 1941. His two brothers are in the services, Ray in the A.I.F., and Ron in the R.A.N. Before enlistment Spr. Murray was employed by Austral Sheet Metal Works, Southwark.' from The Mail 27 Oct 1945 (nla.gov.au)

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