Thomas Murdoch (engineer)

{{Short description|Australian military engineer}}

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|name= Thomas Murdoch

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|birth_date= {{Birth date|1876|04|16|df=yes}}

|birth_place= Milawa, Victoria

|death_date= {{Death date and age|1961|07|13|1876|04|16|df=yes}}

|death_place= Geelong, Victoria

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|allegiance= Australia

|branch= Australian Army

|serviceyears= 1901–1930
1939–1941

|rank= Brigadier

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|commands= Director General of Engineer Services (1940–41)
1st Pioneer Battalion (1918)

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• First World War
• Western Front
• Second World War

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|awards= Distinguished Service Order
Mentioned in Despatches

|relations= Major General Ian Murdoch (son)
Air Marshal Sir Alister Murdoch (son)

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Brigadier Thomas Murdoch, DSO (16 April 1876 – 13 July 1961) was an Australian military engineer who served in both the First and Second World Wars. Having retired from the military in 1937, he was recalled and served as Director General of engineer services during the Second World War.

Murdoch served in the 1st Pioneer Battalion, Australian Imperial Force in France and Flanders, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).[https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1073159 Distinguished Service Order] (DSO), 1 January 1919, Australian honours.

On 25 April 1905 in Elsternwick, Melbourne, he married Kathleen Tiernan; they had two daughters and three sons, who included Major General Ian Murdoch and Air Marshal Sir Alister Murdoch. Predeceased by his wife and a daughter, Murdoch died at Geelong on 13 July 1961 and was buried in Geelong Western Cemetery with Presbyterian forms.Ronald McNicoll, [http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/murdoch-thomas-7697 'Murdoch, Thomas (1876–1961)'], Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 4 February 2014.