MURPHY, Edward Michael
| Service Number: | 481 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Mullumbimby, Byron Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fitter |
| Died: | Hillston, New South Wales, Australia, 1 November 1931, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Hillston Cemetery |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 481, 13th Machine Gun Company | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 481, 13th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 481, 13th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Edward Michael Murphy lost two brothers during the war, 691 Pte. Henry Lawrence Murphy 49th Battalion AIF who was killed in action at Mouquet Farm in France on 4 September 1916, aged 24. Also, 2943 Pte. Leslie Joseph Murphy 54th Battalion AIF who was killed in action at Polygon Wood on 26 September 1917.
Edward enlisted with the 13th Machine Gun Company in 1916 and served right through until returned to Australia in 1919. He passed away in 1931at the age of 43.
The following obituary appeared in the Hillston Spectator in 1931,
“The death occurred at Hillston District Hospital on Saturday last of Edward Murphy. Deceased, who was a returned soldier, had not enjoyed the best of health for some time, and about a week prior to his death contracted a severe attack of influenza, and was admitted to the Hospital. The effects of a severe gassing suffered by deceased at the War were accentuated by the influenza, and, despite all that medical skill and careful nursing could accomplish, he succumbed. He came to the Hillston district during the progress of the construction of the Hillston railway line, and on the completion of this work was temporarily employed in other occupations, but he eventually was forced to join the ranks of the unemployed, and had been out of work for some time prior to his demise. Murphy was 43 years of age, and was a native of Gundagai. He saw three years active service in the Great War, and two of his brothers gave their lives for their country. A young widow and two small children are left to mourn their loss.”