MURPHY, John Daniel
| Service Number: | 5736 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 7 October 1898 |
| Home Town: | Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Rozelle Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 4 February 1917, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5736, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 5736, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 3 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 5736, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
John Daniel Murphy was the son of Thomas and Margaret Murphy of Ryde, New South Wales. He joined the 13th Battalion at the front during October 1916.
According to a witness in his Red Cross wounded and missing file, “Murphy was severely wounded at Gueudecourt on the night of 4 February 1917. A fragment of shell caught him in the kidneys and back and he died on the way down to the Regimental Aid Post, six hours after being wounded and was buried where he died. His grave was not registered as he was buried on the field at Gueudecourt on the Somme. His age would be about 20 years and height about 5'7" and he was very dark.”
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