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MURPHY, Joshua Grant
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1409 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 28 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Zeehan, Tasmania, Australia, 29 May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Heathcote and Barrinsdale State Schools, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 22 October 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 17), Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1409, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 29 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1409, 4th Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Palermo embarkation_ship_number: A56 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1409, 4th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Palermo, Melbourne | |
| 7 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd ANZAC Corps Mounted Regiment (XXII Corps), France | |
| 7 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Infantry Battalion, Belgium | |
| 22 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 1409, 14th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1409 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-22 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
According to Battalion Diary, Pte Grant was among several other ranks killed on the 22nd October during the time the Battalion was holding the line at Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium.
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