MURPHY, John Frederick
| Service Number: | 322 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Eudlo, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 322, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 322, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 26 Mar 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 322, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 165, notes discharged in South Africa, newspaper reports indicate discharged 26 Mar 1902 for employment there. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When John Frederick Murphy enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs. M. Murphy, Eudlo, North Coast Line. In the original Nominal Roll for the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, it is noted his N.O.K. was his mother Mrs. C. Murphy, Eudlo, N. C. Line.
The Boer War Service Paybooks for the 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 165, and newspaper reports, indicate he was discharged in South Africa to take up employment there.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 500; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll for 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Forec for service in South Africa, p. 5; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 165).
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