Andrew Russell Murray FRCSEd (22 August 1910 – 1 December 1955) was an Australian orthopaedic surgeon who pioneered developments in hand surgery while working at Leith Hospital, Scotland.
Hooper considered that this was "the more remarkable for being developed by a young surgeon working in a small, busy hospital in wartime.
[6] When medical personnel returning from war service were given preference in appointment to permanent hospital posts in the UK, Murray was not appointed to a permanent post in Edinburgh and worked for a short time at the Royal Oldham Hospital, Lancashire, before returning to Australia in 1948.
Karl Kast, a naturalised Australian who was familiar with explosives, sought compensation for an alleged back injury.
On 1 December 1955 he made his way to the doctors' offices in Wickham House, Brisbane, armed with 30 kg (66 lb) of explosives and a .38 pistol.
He then made his way down Wickham Terrace to doctors' offices in Ballow Chambers where he shot dead Arthur Meehan and then Murray.