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MARSHALL, Murray Gordon
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 418139 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Dandenong, Victoria Australia, 25 September 1923 |
| Home Town: | Dandenong, Greater Dandenong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental (Ground Accident), West Africa, 24 December 1943, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery, Sierra Leone, West Africa Freetown (King Tom) Cemetery, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Noble Park Honour Roll |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Flight Sergeant, 418139 | |
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| 25 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 418139 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Flight Sergeant Murray Gordon Marshall 418139 (Wireless Air Gunner) from RAF Station Waterloo in Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa was in a lorry on an organised bathing run on the 19th of December 1943
He was critically injured when the vehicle overturned at Benjguema near Freetown (East) and he was admitted to Number 51 General hospital but he died of his injuries on the 24th of December 1943