Peter John MURPHY

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Service Number:	494
Enlisted:	27 August 1914, Enlisted at Essendon, Victoria
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Fitzroy, Yarra, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Soldier
Died:	Died of wounds - buttocks, 11 Casualty Clearing Station, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 10 May 1915
Cemetery:	Lancashire Landing Cemetery Row E, Grave 38 Headstone inscription reads: So dearly loved so sadly missed Flo, Lancashire Landing Cemetery, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

27 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 494, Enlisted at Essendon, Victoria
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 494, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 494, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
30 Apr 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, At Gallipoli
10 May 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 494, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 494 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-10

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Residential address at the time of enlistment was Nicholson Street, Fitzroy

Next of kin given as his brother E.J. Murphy of Ballarat

Fiance if Florence Williams of 334 Toorak Road, South Yarra, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal. Issued to Florence Williams

Served in the Permanent Artillery

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