Arthur William Murphy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Australian engineer and aviator
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Place of Birth: Kew, Victoria, Australia
About Arthur William Murphy
- Air Commodore Arthur William Murphy, DFC, AFC, FRAeS (17 November 1891 – 21 April 1963) was a senior engineer and aviator in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF).
- He accompanied Henry Wrigley on the first trans-Australia flight from Melbourne to Darwin in 1919, a feat that earned both men the Air Force Cross.
- Murphy later played a leading role in military aircraft maintenance and production. A veteran of World War I, Murphy served first as a mechanic and then as a pilot with the Australian Flying Corps.
- Based in the Middle East, he flew with No.
- 1 Squadron and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
- Murphy was the first airman on the RAAF's strength when it formed in 1921, and rose to the rank of temporary air commodore during World War II, commanding No.
- 1 Aircraft Depot and, later, No.
- 4 Maintenance Group.
- He was also the RAAF's first Inspector of Air Accidents.
- A fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, Murphy retired from the military in 1946, and died in 1963 aged seventy-one.
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