MURRAY, Victor George
| Service Number: | NX18444 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 May 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Field Company (Squadron) RAE |
| Born: | Brewarrina, NSW, 29 July 1909 |
| Home Town: | Condobolin, Lachlan, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Hay Water Tower Art Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 29 May 1940: | Involvement Sapper, NX18444, 2nd/4th Field Company (Squadron) RAE | |
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| 29 May 1940: | Enlisted NX18444 | |
| 29 May 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX18444 | |
| 17 Oct 1940: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, NX18444 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Victor George Murray was born on the 29th July 1909 in Brewarrina, NSW and a member of the Ngemba tribal group. He married Bessie in 1929 and they lived on the Aboriginal Reserve in Condobolin, NSW. They had three children Beryl, Olive and George.
He was an extraordinarily talented young man, a clever mechanic, and designed an ingenious water system that reticulated water from a creek off the Lachlan River to his house on the reserve.
First Enlistment Australian Military Forces
Victor first enlisted in the Australian Military Forces at Condobolin on the 15th May 1940 and formally signed the Oath of Enlistment on the military attestation form at Paddington Sydney on the 29th May 1940. His experience as a mechanic gave him the opportunity to be drafted as a Sapper* into the Engineers 2/4th Field Company, 7th Division. He was given the Army Service No.NX18444.
On the 29.7.40, Victor was posted to the position of a specialist engine hand with Group III at the Ingleburn army camp NSW.
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