Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Air Force
- Conflict
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Date of Discharge
- 14/03/1946
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 23/06/1891
- Place of Birth
- Sydney NSW
- Address (at enlistment)
- 'Winslade', Cotter Road, Stromlo ACT
- Occupation
- Grazier
- Next of Kin
- Ruth McMurtrie (wife), 'Winslade', Cotter Road, Stromlo ACT
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 260895
- Final Rank
- Squadron Leader
- Final Unit
- RAAF Parafield
Notes
Eric McMurtrie was a World War 1 veteran who obtained a soldier settler block in Tuggeranong after the war which he called 'Gulla Gulla'. In 1934 he bought Block 9 on the Cotter Road between Mount Stromlo and the Murrumbidgee River which he named 'Winslade' after a property near Cloncurry in Queensland which he managed in the 1920s. By June 1940 he had joined the RAAF and was stationed at the No.2 Recruiting Centre in Tamworth. By December 1941 he was a Squadron Leader at the No.5 Recruiting Centre in Adelaide. McMurtrie died in Sydney on 7 February 1975.
Sources
WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
ACT Electoral Rolls 1916 to 1967 http://canberraheritageportal.org/default.php
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
ACT Archives - TL904 (Part 2,3) Block 9 Stromlo
Ryerson Index http://ryersonindex.net/search.php
Sydney Morning Herald - 8 February 1975