Claim: Murray Motem was an employee as a clerk in the Saving Bank of South Australia before being enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, the main expeditionary force of the Australian Army during World War I.
Evidence: Murray started work as a messenger-boy at the Mount Gambier post office in January 1915 and shortly afterwards was employed as a clerk in the Mount Gambier branch of the Savings Bank of South Australia. Murray joined the Commonwealth Military Cadet Corps in August 1916 and later enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 23 August 1917. The First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF) was the main expeditionary force of the Australian Army during World War I.