Murray Cameron CAFFYN

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CAFFYN, Murray Cameron

Service Number:	409506
Enlisted:	12 September 1941
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 460 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 13 December 1913
Home Town:	Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	CIB Detective Victoria
Died:	Died of Injuries, Germany (POW Camp), 27 October 1943, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery Plot 8. Row C. Grave 32., Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Berlin, Germany
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 409506
12 Sep 1941:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 409506
Date unknown:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 409506, No. 460 Squadron (RAAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

460SQN Lancaster ED658 was shot down over Hanover, Germany on the 8th of October 1943 - Flying Officer Caffyn 409506 RAAF was taken POW but died from his injuries on the 27th of October 1943

The rest of the crew became Prisoners of War:

Brown, Frederick Thomson (Flying Officer) 414639 RAAF

Wulff, Norman Lindsay (Flight Sergeant) 413303 RAAF

Marshall, C W I (Sergeant) 1801433 RAF

McGarvey, R R (Sergeant) 1550844 RAF

Cannon, G G (Sergeant) 1398334 RAF

Richardson, J A (Flight Sergeant) 802552 RAF

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