| Places | |
|---|---|
| Accession Number | PR03530 |
| Collection type | Private Record |
| Record type | Collection |
| Measurement | Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1 |
| Object type | Letter, Papers |
| Maker |
Royal Australian Air Force Unknown |
| Place made | Australia |
| Date made | 1945-1982 |
| Access | Open |
| Conflict |
Second World War, 1939-1945 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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| Copying Provisions | Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required. |
Short, Murray Geoffrey (Flying Officer, b.1922-d.1946)
Description
Collection relating to the Second World War and British Commonwealth Occupation Force service of 47460 Flying Officer Murray Geoffrey Short, 82 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), Australia, 1945-1982.
Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of correspondence relating to Flying Officer Short’s service and death. It contains:
1x Copy of three telegrams from the RAAF to Flying Officer Short’s father, Mr Walter Short, Melbourne, 20-26 March 1946. These telegrams inform Mr Short of Flying Officer Short’s death in an aircraft accident in Japan.
1x Letter from the Department of Air, RAAF, to Flying Officer Short’s father, Mr Walter Short, Melbourne, 29 March 1946. This letter confirms the details of Flying Officer Short’s death and burial in Japan.
History / Summary
Flying Officer Murray Geoffrey Short enlisted to the Royal Australian Air Force on 5 February 1942, after a period of service with the Australian Army. He served with 82 Squadron during the Second World War, and continued to serve with the squadron after the war as part of the British Commonwealth Occupation Force in Japan. On 18 March 1946, Flying Officer Short was piloting a Mustang aircraft for a ferry flight from Labuan, Borneo, to Bofu, Japan, when he was caught in bad weather and crashed on the shores of Shikoku. He is buried at Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan.