MURDOCH, Keith Alexander
Service Number: | 406402 |
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Enlisted: | 9 December 1940 |
Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
Last Unit: | No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) |
Born: | Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, 21 February 1914 |
Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Perth Modern School, Western Australia, 1929-33, UWA 1936 |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Mosman Park, Western Australia, 10 August 1965, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens, Garden 90, Position 0012 |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
9 Dec 1940: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 406402, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) | |
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28 Jul 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Pilot Officer, 406402, Commissioned in RAAF as P/O after completing course at No. 11 Service Flying Training School in at Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada on 24/7/41, see https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5261341 , P38 | |
28 Jan 1942: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5261341 , P5 | |
28 Jul 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF), https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5261341 , P5 | |
27 Nov 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 406402, No. 450 Squadron (RAAF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Johnson
Extract from Keith's service record in relation to his last flight on 26 June 1942 when he was serving in the Western Desert with No. 450 Squadron, RAAF, a Kitttyhawk squadron:
"P/O Murdoch was a member of a formation of six aircraft acting as top cover to Boston bombers bombing a target west of Charing Cross. Over the target area, 3 Me 109’s attacked the formation which was split up and one of our aircraft got in a burst of fire at an enemy aircraft. P/O Murdoch was not seen to go down and crash but did not return from the operation with the other aircraft and was posted as missing."
Charing Cross was a road junction south-west of Mersa Matrah in northern Egypt.
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=1074698 , P50