SHORT, Murray Geoffrey
| Service Numbers: | S40383, 47460 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 27 September 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flying Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 82 Squadron (RAAF) |
| Born: | Port Augusta, South Australia, AUSTRALIA, 13 December 1922 |
| Home Town: | Glenunga, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Adelaide High School |
| Occupation: | Photographer, Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Accident, At sea - off the coast of Japan, 18 March 1946, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Yokohama War Cemetery Aust. Sec. E. C. 15. |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 27 Sep 1941: | Involvement Private, S40383, Army Pay Corps (AIF) | |
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| 27 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Kensington, SA | |
| 27 Sep 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S40383 | |
| 4 Feb 1942: | Discharged | |
| 5 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 47460 | |
| 5 Feb 1942: | Enlisted Adelaide | |
| 5 Feb 1942: | Involvement Flying Officer, 47460, No. 82 Squadron (RAAF) | |
| 8 Aug 1945: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 47460, No. 82 Squadron (RAAF), Air War SE Asia 1941-45 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
On the 18th of March 1946 a Mosquito bomber and 3 Mustang fighters were reported missing while on a ferry flight between Okinawa and Bofu in Japan
Two of the Mustang aircraft - A68-770 flown by Flying Officer Murray Geoffrey Short 47460 and A68-773 flown by Flying Officer Alan George Pilkington 406042 - crashed at sea near Kochi with their bodies recovered and they were buried at Yokohama cemetery
The other airmen were last observed near Cape Tsuru but as their bodies were not recovered they are commemorated on the Labuan Memorial -
Flying Officer John Gibson Allan 407213 in Mustang A69-718
Flying Officer James William Nattrass 442477 and Flight Lieutenant George William Saywell 414962 in Mosquito A52-147
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