Francis (Frank) Joseph Murray (1912–1993) was a medical doctor from Belfast who served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the Second World War and was imprisoned by the Imperial Japanese Army after the Fall of Singapore.
Then he attended St Mary's Christian Brothers Grammar School in Barrack Street before proceeding to Queen's University Belfast from which he graduated with a medical degree in 1937.
He practiced as a general practitioner in Birmingham until the outbreak of the Second World War when he enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps.
[1] While imprisoned he maintained correspondence with his future wife Eileen O'Kane whom he had met while both were learning the Irish language in the Donegal Gaeltacht.
[10] A dedicated website has been developed by his son Carl which gives details of his father's life and includes documents from his wartime experiences.