AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Murray, Harold John Joseph

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Murray​

• FORENAME

Harold John Joseph​

• UNIT

M Special Unit​

• RANK

Lieutenant + Captain​

• NUMBER

VX 81160​

• AWARD

Military Cross,Silver Star (US)​

• PLACE

New Guinea 1943​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 13.11.1898 Bowral,New South Wales (1896 falsified when enlisted)​

son of James Francis and Rachel Esther (nee Gray) Murray​

order-man in timber-yard,Sydney,New South Wales​

enlisted AIF 11.5.1915​

2 Infantry Bn (Private to Sergeant 2453)​

awarded D.C.M. for France 1917​

commissioned 1.6.1918 (2Lt 2 Bn)​

Lieutenant November 1918​

discharged 10.8.1919​

moved to New Ireland,New Guinea February 1921​

resided Kavieng,New Ireland​

copra and coffee planter and timber and bottled mineral water trader​

escaped to Australia 23.1.1942​

Lieutenant AIF 4.8.1942 Caulfield,Victoria​

Z Special Unit ​

M Special Unit 1943​

Captain February 1944​

discharged 18.2.1946​

Lakuramau Plantation,near Kavieng​

retired to Queensland 1960​

married Florence Irene Johnston 11.3.1930 (died)​

married Mary Morrison 8.3.1950​

no children​

died 22.10.1968 Innisfail,Queensland​

cremated​

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