Claim: Murray Moten (son of John Moten) was a messenger-boy before joining the military in 1916.
Evidence: Murray was born on 3 July 1899 at Hawker, South Australia, the eldest son of John Moten and Maude Mary Sophia, née Murray. 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.