Service Details
Name:
 MURRAY
Given Name:
 THOMAS PATRICK LORAINE
Initials:
 T P L
Service No:
 103425V
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 111 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1945-02-20
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Date of Birth:
 1917-11-04
Age:
 27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Spitfire LFIX MK476, left on armed recce, attacked a train south of Padua, hit by flak, crashed and exploded
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG Sup 6 October 1942 pg. 4342 - "For gallantry and devotion to duty in the execution of air operations"
Additional
Information:
Eldest son of Patrick Eyre Murray. Commemoration stone in Waterval-Onder, Mpumalanga
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 PADUA WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 III. D. 4.

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