Thomas Francis MURPHY

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Service Number:	2731
Enlisted:	10 August 1915, Enlisted at Kalgoolie, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Manchester, England, 1881
Home Town:	Trafalgar, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 5 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Boulder Roll of Honor, Boulder Roll of Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

10 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2731, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Kalgoolie, WA
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 2731, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 2731, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle

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Arrived in Australia aged 19 years

Husband of Elizabeth Ellen Murphy of 213 Eagle Street, Trafalgar, WA. Later known Elizabeth Ellen Watts of 54 Oroyo Street, Boulder, WA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal