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MURPHY, Bertram John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3487 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Horsham, Victoria, Australia, June 1890 |
| Home Town: | Horsham, Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Horsham State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 25 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Horsham Loyal Grampian Lodge 168 I.O.O.F. Honour Roll WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 26 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3487, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3487, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3487, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From AIF Project
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular
Pte Bertram John MURPHY
After leaving school he worked with his father in the orchard and bakery business up till he enlisted. He was a member of the Methodist Church and when killed Lieut Allan Carter wrote "I owed much to Bert for during our long marches and weary nights of waiting his natural gifts of humor always cheered the men along".
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