John George MURPHY

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MURPHY, John George

Service Number:	1163
Enlisted:	25 October 1914, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Queenstown, South Australia, 22 May 1894
Home Town:	Queenstown, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Marist Brothers School, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 May 1915, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 30, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rosewater Marist Brothers Port Adelaide Roll of Honour, Somerton Park Sacred Heart College Men of "The Marist Brothers Old Scholars Association" Honor Roll WW1

World War 1 Service

25 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1163, Adelaide, South Australia
27 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1163, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
27 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1163, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1163, 10th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography

Born 22 May 1894 in Queenstown, South Australia
(SA Birth Record 1842 - 1906 Book: 543 Page: 188 District: PtA.)

Father Hugh MURPHY and Mother Jane Murphy (nee GEORGE),
living at

Siblings:
Sister:       Jane Murphy
                 (b. 30/9/1892 Queenstown SA - d. ____)
                 (SA Birth record 1842 - 1906 Book: 509 Page: 131 District: PtA.)

Sister:       Mary Clara Murphy
                 (b. 23/3/1896 Queenstown SA - d. ____)
                 (SA Birth record 1842 - 1906 Book: 580 Page: 109 District: PtA.)

Brother:     William George Murphy
                 (b. 2/2/1898 Queenstown, SA - d. ____)
                 (SA Birth record 1842 - 1906 Book: 617 Page: 300 District: PtA.)

Sister:       Isabella Murphy
                 (b. 14/3/1900 Queenstown SA - d. ____)
                 (SA Birth record 1842 - 1906 Book: 654 Page: 272 District: PtA)

Brother:     Thomas George Murphy
                 (b. 1901 Queenstown SA - d. ____)
                 (SA Birth record 1842 - 1906 Book: 673 Page: 320 District: PtA.)

Brother:     Joseph George Murphy
                 (b. 20/10/1904 in Queenstown SA - d. ____)
                 (SA Birth record 1842 - 1906 Book: 737 Page: 50 District: PtA.)

Next of kin in service:
First Cousin   Private 1699 Edward Stanislaw Crowe MM
                                died of wounds 11/10/1917
                                buried in: Ypres Reservoir Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 16), Belgium
First Cousin   Driver 2186 Patrick Augustus Crowe
                              died of wounds 28/3/1918
                              buried in: Outtersteene Communal Cemetery Extension
                                             (Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 38), Bailleul, France

Previous service:
Citizen Military Forces

Prior to enlisting he lived with his parents at New Street, Queenstown, South Australia.

Described on enlisting as 20 years; single;

25/10/1914 Enlisted in Adelaide, South Australia

27/12/1914 Embarked from Port of Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles
as a Private with the 1st reinforcements, 10th Infantry Battalion

19/5/1915 Killed in action at the Dardanelles, Gallipoli
buried in:      Divisional Cemetery, Shrapnel Gully
                    (with his comrades who had fallen on the 19/5/1915)
                    in a small unit plot illustrated in the main photograph.
buried by:     Chaplain J C McPhee

later buried in: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery
Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 30

Medals:

Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 25/2/2015. Lest we forget.

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