Career
Both nominations and awards were made within the space of one calendar year (1918). While Murdoch entered the army with rank of Private, he was later commissioned as an officer and reached the rank of Lieutenant. When he enlisting in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 26 July 1915, Ivon Murdoch stated that his occupation was "Farmer" and his home address as Riversdale Road, Camberwell, Victoria.
He was assigned initially to the 1–8 Reinforcements, 24th Battalion, which gave him the Service Number 3184.
Murdoch was posted to the Western Front with the 8th Battalion. Murdoch"s first Military Cross resulted from him leading extended night patrols, during March and April 1918, south-east of Ypres, Belgium in Number Manitoba"s Land and behind German lines, which captured a pillbox and returned wounded men to Australian positions.
His second Military Cross was awarded for actions during August 1918 that successfully:
set up a machine gun enfilade, during the Battle of Lihons (part of the Hundred Days Offensive). Following the war, Ivon Murdoch was a farmer at Wantabadgery, New South Wales.