MURPHY, Philip
| Service Number: | 4528 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kilkenny, Co Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Cootamundra, Cootamundra, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 19 March 1950, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Blayney Cemetery, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4528, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 15 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4528, 2nd Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Next of kin-Father, W Murphy, Cootamundra, New South Wales.
Enlistment date-31 August 1915-Cootamundra, New South Wales-Private-2nd Battalion, 14th Reinforcement.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board RMS Osterley on 15 January 1916-he was then aged 21.
Returned to Australia 4 May 1917
28 August 1917- Sydney (medically unfit), but later re-enlisted.
War service: Egypt, Western Front
Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 29 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 4 April 1916.
Admitted to 26th General Hospital, Etaples, 29 May 1916 (bronchitis); transferred to England, 25 June 1916, and admitted to 1st Northern General Hospital, 26 June 1916; transferred to Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 9 August 1916; discharged on furlough, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 14 August 1916.
Detached for duty with AIF War Chest Club, 1 September 1916; ceased duty with AIF War Chest Club, 26 November 1916.
Admitted to 2nd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Southall, 26 November 1916 (influenza); discharged to duty with AIF Headquarters, 30 November 1916.
Granted furlough, 22 December 1916; marched into AIF Headquarters from furlough, 27 December 1916.
Marched out to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 23 February 1917.
Marched in to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 24 February 1917.
Marched in to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 16 March 1917, and posted to No 1 Company, Weatham.
Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Miltiades', 4 May 1917 (chronic bronchitis and myocardial debility); disembarked Sydney, 4 May 1917; discharged, Sydney (medically unfit), 28 August 1917 but later re-enlisted.
Re-enlisted in the Australian Naval &Military Expeditionary Force, 30 October 1919. Embarked Sydney as 1947 Private, on board SS 'Melusia', 13 November 1919; served at Rabaul in Military Police; commenced return to Australia from Rabaul on board SS 'Melusia', 24 December 1920; discharged again in Sydney (medically unfit), 1 February 1921.
Age at death-55
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is one of four Kilkenny born Australian soldiers of the Great War with the surname Murphy commemorated on the Kilkenny, MacDonagh Station World War I War Memorial at MacDonagh Station, Station Road, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny.
The others are:
Private Martin Murphy Regimental Number: 1233-4th Bn. Australian Infantry, F Company A.I.F. Killed in Action, France, 14 April 1918. Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
Corporal John Murphy-Regimental Number:25806-2nd Field Artillery Brigade A.I.F., died of Tuberculosis, Adelaide, South Australia, 7 January 1927
James Murphy-Deserted
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