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            Arthur Amos Murray                                                                                                     Eric Maurice Connor (1936)                        Charles E. Zeck (1930-33)

            Brazier (1919)                                                                                                         Eric entered Hale School in 1936 from Northam. He was   Charles entered Hale School from Mount Lawley as a 13

                                                                                                                                   listed as an excellent boxer, was in the 1st XVIII football   year-old in 1930. After leaving in 1933 he began training
            Arthur was from a farming family                                                                                       team and his report describes him as having the makings   in accountancy and business management but eventually
            and was a boarder from Kirup in the                                                                                    of a fine type of young man. He joined a bank after   took over the family hairdressing business in Perth.
            South-West. He entered Hale School                                                                                     leaving school and, upon the outbreak of war he joined
            in 1919 as a 13 year old.                                                                                              the Western Australian 2/28th Infantry Battalion and was   He joined the 2/43rd Infantry Battalion, saw service in the
                                                                                                                                   posted to the Middle East with them.              Middle East in North Africa and subsequently went with
                                             Arthur Amos Murray Brazier                                                                                                              his unit to Papua New Guinea. He was killed in action near
            On the outbreak of war, he joined the
            2/4th Machine-Gun Battalion and was    PLAQUE NO 108:              PLAQUE NO 109:                                      After service in the North African campaigns, he   Lae in New Guinea on the 3 October 1943. He was 38
            eventually posted to Singapore. He                                                                                     completed an officer's training school in Cairo before   years of age.
            was a made a prisoner-of-war when   Arthur Lindsay                Donald Gordon                                        being transferred to the 2/43rd Infantry Battalion back
            Singapore fell on15 February 1942,                                                                                     in Australia. He was serving as a platoon commander   Placed by his daughter, Jill.
            spent some months in Changi prison                                Taylor (1930)                                        with that unit when he was killed in the push toward Lae,
            and then was sent north to work in   Forsyth (1918)                                                                    against Japanese forces, in September 1943. He was 23
            the Burma-Thai railway line later in                                                                                   years of age.
            the year.                        Arthur lived in Mount Lawley and   Don entered Hale School from                       Placed by his sister-in-law, Mrs Billie Connor.
                                             entered Hale School as a fifteen   Fremantle as a 13 year old in 1930.
            He died in March 1943 as a result   year old in 1918. On leaving school   His report notes that he had both
            of malnutrition, disease and     he worked as an accountant before   good scholastic application and
            mistreatment by his captors. He was   joining the Western Australian 2/28th   ability and that he was also good
            36 years of age.                 Battalion in 1942.               at games. After leaving school he
                                                                              trained as an accountant and on the
            The Hale School museum has       He was posted to the New Guinea   outbreak of war he joined the Royal
            procured a small length of the   theatre of operations and was    Australian Air Force and trained as a
            Burma-Thai railway line and on it,   appointed the batman to Haleian   pilot.
            together with two other Haleians who   Colonel Hugh Norman (1915-21), the
            met a similar fate, Arthur's name is   commanding officer of the battalion   While serving with Number 31
            inscribed.                       at the time. He lost his life crossing   Squadron, flying Beaufighter
                                             the Busu River in the assault on Lae   aircraft, he was killed at Millingimbi
            Placed by Mr Jim Elliot, representing   against Japanese forces on the 9   in the Northern Territory on the 25
            the 2/4th Machine-Gun Battalion   September 1943. He was 41 years of   September, 1943. He was 26 years of
            Association.                     age.                             age.

                                             Placed by his sons, The Reverend   Placed by his daughter, Mrs Karen
                                             Alan Forsyth (1954-58) and the   Crellin.
                                             Reverend Dr John Forsyth (1951-55).
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