MURRAY, Kenric Newton Lathrop
| Service Number: | 400152 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Pilot Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 249 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 October 1921 |
| Home Town: | Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Motor Driver |
| Died: | Injuries obtained in Flying Battle, Middle East, 10 March 1942, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery Prot. Sec. (Officers'). Plot E. Coll. grave 18. INSCRIPTION - LOVED SON OF HUGH AND EILA |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Narromine Aviation Museum Memorial Wall |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 400152 | |
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| 23 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, 400152, Air Crew Melbourne | |
| 3 Oct 1940: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sydney for overseas service | |
| 12 Feb 1941: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant | |
| 4 May 1941: | Involvement Royal Air Force , Sergeant, Posted to 602 City Of Glasgow Squadron from 57 OTU | |
| 10 Oct 1941: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, 400152, On being granted a Commission | |
| 10 Mar 1942: | Involvement Royal Air Force , Pilot Officer, No. 249 Squadron (RAF), 602 Squadron |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Kenric Newton Lathrop MURRAY was born in Melbourne, Victoria on 23rd October, 1921
His parents were Hugh Dynnyme Lathrop MURRAY & Eila Isabel CALVERT who married in Victoria in 1918 - his father was previously married in 1898 to Mary Ann MacINNES & was widowed
His mother Eila was a Nurse in WW1 with the 1st Australian General Hospital & returned to Australia on 25th August, 1917
His father Hugh was a Medical Practitioner and served as a Captain in WW1
Kenric had served for 4 years in the Melbourne Grammar School Cadet Corp before he enlisted on 23rd June, 1940 in Melbourne with the Royal Australian Air Force as Air Crew
He embarked from Sydney on 3rd October, 1940 for Overseas Service and was discharged from the RAAF on 10th October, 1941 on being granted a Commission to Sergeant on 12th February, 1941
Kenric died in a Flying Battle on 10th March, 1942 near Dingli, Malta when he was attacked by enemy action while in a Spitfire AB343
He crashed at Dingli at 2.40pm and was taken to hospital and died shortly afterwards from multiple injuries
He is buried in the Malta Capuccini Naval Cemetery and his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Roll of Honour in Toorak, Melbourne
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