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MACDOWELL, Murray Hay
Personal Details
| Service Number: | VX22291 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Armadale, Victoria, Australia, 8 January 1913 |
| Home Town: | Clunes, Hepburn, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Malvern Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Illness, Ambon, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 21 July 1945, aged 32 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia 19 A 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Lieutenant, VX22291 | |
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| 5 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, VX22291 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adrian Jones
Lieutenant Murray Hay Macdowell, son of the late Mr Hay Macdowell
and Mrs. Alice Macdowell, is reported to have lost his life on July 21 last while a prisoner of war on Ambon. Lieut Macdowell was educated at Brighton Grammar School, and afterwards joined the staff of the E. S. and A Bank. A member of the University Rifles, he enlisted in June, 1940, and was a member of the 2/21st Battalion.