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MURPHY, Robert Hampden
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 17045 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 March 1916, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Camperdown, New South Wales, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Belmore, Canterbury, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Belmore Public School and Cleveland Street Public School |
| Occupation: | Wool classer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Sutherland WW1 Memorial Wall |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 17045, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 17045, Army Medical Corps (AIF), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 17045, Army Medical Corps (AIF), HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 17045, 1st Field Ambulance, Broodseinde Ridge, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 17045 awm_unit: 1st Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Mark Gattenhof
"...17045 Private Robert Hampden Murphy, 1st Field Ambulance. A woolclasser from Belmore, NSW, prior to enlistment, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Shropshire (A9) in May 1917. Pte Murphy, 22 years of age, was killed in action at Broodseinde Ridge, near Ypres, Belgium, on 4 October 1917, whilst carrying a wounded man to safety. He was buried in the field, where he fell, with two others, and later commemorated at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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