George Lawrence MURPHY

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MURPHY, George Lawrence

Service Number:	473
Enlisted:	10 September 1914, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Warragul, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Neerim South State School, Gippsland, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 40), Gallipoli, Turkey, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 473, 14th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 473, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 473, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 473, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
19 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 473, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW to throat sustained at Courtney's Post during the Turkish May Offensive. Evacuated to SS Franconia however no other details available.
8 Aug 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 473, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 473 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-08
8 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 473, 14th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

George Murphy was listed as missing, later Killed in Action on 8 August 1915 following the unsuccessful attack on Hill 971 as part of the August Offensive. There is a very high probability he was killed at or near a place called Abdel Rahman Bair (the ridgeline immediately before Hill 971) where the 14th Battalion was caught in the open by well sited Turkish machine guns and driven back with significant casualties (36 killed, 93 wounded and 128 missing - later confirmed killed).

George Murphy's body was never recovered and he is memorialised at the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli

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