CROCKETT, Murray Bernard
| Service Number: | 410876 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 March 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | Royal Air Force - unspecified units |
| Born: | Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, 3 March 1922 |
| Home Town: | Daylesford, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Holy Cross Convent, Daylesford, Victoria |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Thailand, 6 October 1944, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kanchanaburi War Cemetery Collective. Grave 4. G. 67-75, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Daylesford War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 410876, Melbourne | |
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| 27 Mar 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 410876 | |
| 6 Oct 1944: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 410876, Royal Air Force - unspecified units, 355 Squadron (RAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Murray Bernard CROCKETT was born in Daylesford, Victoria on 3rd March, 1922
His parents were John Paul CROCKETT & Mabel SIMS who married in Victoria in 1907
He enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in Melbourne on 27th March, 1942 - his last unit was with the 355 Squadron (RAF)
Murray died in a Flying Battle in Thailand on 6th October, 1944 and is buried in the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery
Inscription on his headstone:
"HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE COUNTRY HE LOVED"
Three of his brothers also served during WW2
1. Maurice Gerard CROCKETT (SN 1362) RAAF - discharged 1946
2. Harry Kingsley CROCKETT (SN VX64506) ARMY - discharged 1945
3. John Duncan CROCKETT (SN 409899) RAAF - discharged 1945
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