MURRAY, Cambrai Andrew Sinclair
| Service Number: | QX785 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Dundee, Scotland, 26 January 1919 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | 1968, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 15 May 1940: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 2, QX785 | |
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| 15 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, QX785 | |
| 20 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Warrant Officer Class 2, QX785 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Karl Murray
Cambrai Andrew Sinclair (Murray Bush) Murray was born into a world recovering from the aftermath of World War l.
Born in 1919, he entered an Australia that was part of the British Empire, grappling with its identity post-war and during the interwar period. His parents, William and Mary Murray, both hailing from Dundee, Scotland, were among many who had migrated to Australia, contributing to its diverse population. The Great Depression of the 1930s would have marked his childhood, as it did for many Australians, with economic hardship and social challenges.
Enlisting in the military at the cusp of World War II, Cambrai joined the '2/2nd Anti-Tank Regiment' in Brisbane. This period saw Australia heavily involved in the global conflict, fighting primarily in the Pacific against Japanese forces, as well as supporting Allied operations in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Redbank, Queensland, where he lived in 1941, became one of several military training bases across Australia preparing troops for combat.
His discharge in September 1945 came just after Japan's surrender and the end of the war, marking the beginning of a new era of reconstruction and realignment in international relations.
After the war, Cambrai returned to a country undergoing significant change. Post-World War II Australia experienced a boom in immigration, industrialization, and urbanization. Marrying Dorothy May, they built their life during a time when Australia was establishing itself as a modern nation, moving away from its colonial past towards greater autonomy within the Commonwealth.
Cambrai's death in 1968 occurred amidst the cultural revolutions of the 1960s, which brought about social and political transformations worldwide, including the
Vietnam War, civil rights movements, and shifts in Australian domestic policies.