COASTWATCHERS Murray, Thomas Colin

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Murray ​

• FORENAME

Thomas Colin ​

• UNIT

New Zealand Coastwatchers ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

260451 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

15th October 1942 ​

• AGE

21 ​

• GRAVESITE

Bourail Memorial,New Caledonia Panel 1 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of Thomas and Ethel Livingston Murray,Picton,Marlborough,New Zealand​

educated Whau Valley Primary School​

educated Whangarei High School until 1934​

NZ Post and Telegraph Department​

award Mention in Despatches​

POW September 1942 Beru,Gilbert Islands​

executed by Japanese Betio,Tarawa,Gilbert Islands​

rank awarded posthumous (8th Brigade Group,Corps of Signals) ​