MURPHINE, Oscar Dinely
| Service Number: | 2184 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bombay, India, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Ourimbah, Wyong Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Wei Hui Wei School & Shanghai School, China & Hawkesbury Agricultural College, NSW |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 22 May 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Brewery Orchard Cemetery, Bois-Grenier Plot IV, Row C, Grave 22 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ourimbah Memorial Arch, Richmond University of Western Sydney WW1 Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2184, 18th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2184, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2184, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 22 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2184, 18th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Oscar Dinely MURPHINE was born in Bombay in India in 1894
His parents were Alfred Robert MURPHINE and Sarah Ellen BUCKLEY who were both from England
He had previously served as a Signaller in the Shanghai Volunteer Corps before he enlisted in Liverpool NSW on 8th June, 1915 to serve in WW1
He embarked with the 18th Battalion, 4th Reinforcements (D Company) on 30th September, 1915 on the HMAT Argyllshire
Oscar was Killed in Action on 22nd May, 1916 in France and is buried in the Brewery Orchard Cemetery in France
Inscription on his headstone reads "HIS DUTY DONE"
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal
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His nephew Oscar Douglas MURPHINE (SN32845) served in the RAAF in WW2 and died in 1944
another nephew Robert Dinely MURPHINE (SN205912) also served in the RAAF in WW2 and was discharged in 1947
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Gosford Times & Wyong District Advocate, 16th Nov 1916, page 9
RETURN THANKS
Mr. A.R. Murphine desires to thank the residents of Ourimbah for their kindness in presenting him with a beautiful framed photograph and a magnificient inscribed gold medal, in honour and memory of his son, the late Oscar D Murphine.
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