MURPHY, Arthur Andrew
| Service Numbers: | 5365, 5366 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Pine Grove, Castlereagh River near Gulargambone, New South Wales, Australia, October 1883 |
| Home Town: | Coonamble, Coonamble, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Gulargambone Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Forest guard |
| Died: | Illness - Abscess of Liver, The King George V Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, 2 June 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Grangegorman Military Cemetery Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Grangegorman, Dublin, Ireland |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gulargambone War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5365, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5366, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5366, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 2 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 5365, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5365 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-06-02 |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 2nd June…… Private Arthur Andrew Murphy was born at Pine Grove, near Gulargambone, NSW in 1883. His father, John Murphy, died in 1901.
Arthur Andrew Murphy enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 17th January, 1916 as a 32 year old, single, Forest Guard in the Coonamble & Dubbo Districts, NSW from Brightling, NSW.
On 22nd August, 1916 Private Murphy embarked from Sydney, NSW on HMAT Wiltshire (A18) with the 5th Infantry Brigade, 19th Infantry Battalion, 14th Reinforcements & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 13th October, 1916.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was posted to No. 3 Command Depot on13th October, 1916 & was marched in to 5th Training Battalion at Rollestone, Wiltshire on 4th November, 1916.
Private Murphy was written up for a Crime at Rollestone – Absent without leave from 08.00 on 26th December, 1916 till 08.00 on 27th December, 1916. He was awarded a total forfeiture of 6 days’ pay.
On 16th January, 1917 Private Murphy proceeded overseas to France via Folkestone on Princess Clementina. He was marched in to 2nd A.D.B.D. (Australian Divisional Base Depot) at Etaples France on 17th January, 1917 & joined 19th Battalion in France on 24th February, 1917.
Private Arthur Andrew Murphy was with 19th Battalion in France on 12th December, 1917.
He was on leave from Belgium from 11th January, 1918.
On 28th January, 1918 Private Murphy was admitted to The King George V Hospital, Dublin, Ireland whilst on leave in United Kingdom. He was admitted with Enteritis & was dangerously ill.
Mrs Murphy, mother of Pte A. A. Murphy, was advised on 10th May, 1918 that her son’s condition was dangerously ill. Mrs Murphy was advised on 29th May, 1918 that her son’s condition was critical.
The Red Cross Wounded & Missing file for Private Arthur Andrew Murphy contains a letter from a Red Cross Visitor dated 18th April, 1918 which reads: : “I have been seeing him at least once a week for nearly three months. He was taken ill while on leave in Ireland with Enteritis subsequently contracted Pleurisy, and is still in King George V Hospital. He writes home to his people each week. He does not seem to improve at all and has been having treatment for liver by injections. About 1st of this month he had a small exploratory operation to see if there were any pus, but nothing was found. The Doctor in attendance says Murphy is suffering from some obscure disease, which they cannot at present diagnose. He is looking very bad and his condition is serious. Until just lately he has been in good enough spirits but is now depressed at his failure to improve. I shall send another report as soon as there is any change in his condition.”
Private Arthur Andrew Murphy died at 12.15/12.20 am on 2nd June, 1918 at The King George V Hospital, Dublin, Ireland from Abscess of Liver.
He was buried in Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Dublin, Ireland where 7 other WW1 Australian War Graves (or connected to Australia) are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/grangegorman.html
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