John Joseph MURPHY

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Service Number:	2083
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Queenstown (Cobh), Cork, Ireland, 1875
Home Town:	Perth, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Operator
Memorials:

26 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 2083, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
26 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 2083, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Fremantle

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John Joseph was born in Ireland and presumably moved to Australia to pursue a better life.

Queenstown in Cork Ireland is now known as Cobh. The town was known as Queenstown up until the 1920s.

He was a widower and had lost his wife. His sister is named his next of kin.

John Joseph appears to have spent most of his time in England in the hospital before being discharged from service with a hernia.