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MURPHY, George Francis

Service Number:	N106546
Enlisted:	5 May 1915, Extensive
Last Rank:	Colonel
Last Unit:	18th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 24 September 1883
Home Town:	Bathurst, Bathurst Regional, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	School teacher
Died:	13 September 1962, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

5 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, 20th Infantry Battalion, Extensive
4 Oct 1917:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Bullecourt (Second)
4 Oct 1917:	Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, Bullecourt (Second), 3rd of May, 1917, Noriel/Bullecourt consolidated position at wire under heavy fire with considerable leadership and pluck"
10 Apr 1918:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
24 Oct 1918:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
7 Nov 1918:	Honoured Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
4 Feb 1919:	Honoured Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and bar, German Spring Offensive 1918, 19/4/1918, Morlancourt. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an attack. He received information that the objective had been gained, but that all but one of the officers in his left company were casualties, and that the position on the left of the brigade sector was doubtful. He went forward, in company with one N.C.O. and, noticing that an enemy machine gun post, with seven men, had been left undestroyed he and the N.C.O. rushed this post, across 100 yards of open country, and captured it entirely. He then went along the whole of the new front and assisted in the consolidation. His fine courage and cheerfulness under heavy rifle and machine gun fire were a great example to all ranks.
23 May 1919:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches
27 Jan 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 18th Infantry Battalion, Officer in Command

World War 2 Service

3 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Colonel, N106546

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