Lt. L. M. Murray joined the 2nd Battalion, 48th Highlanders in Toronto and is shown in a 1940 newspaper article as one of the 52 officers of the 2nd Battalion who were training for service in the Second World War. Lt Murray  was a WWI officer having joined the 134th Battalion, 48th Highlanders in 1916 and was one of 10 officers transferred to the 15th Battalion, 48th Highlanders in February 1918 when the 134th was disbanded following a decision by Army Command that they did not require a 5th Division.