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MURPHY, Michael Andrew
(Service number 66229)

Aliases
First Rank	Chaplain (Captain)	Last Rank	Chaplain (Captain)

Birth

Date	28/01/1884	Place of Birth	Kumara

Enlistment Information

Date	5 December 1917	Age	33 years
Address at Enlistment	"The Priory", Timaru
Occupation	Clergyman
Previous Military Experience	St Patrick's College Cadets (Lieutenant)
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	M. MURPHY (father), Kumara
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 9¾ inches. Weight 154 lbs. chest measurement 34-38 inches. Complexion dark. Eyes blue. Hair dark brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing normal. Colour vision correct. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	New Zealand Chaplains Department
Date	31 December 1917
Transport	Athenic
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Glasgow, Scotland

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Chaplains Department

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	25 November 1919	Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	13 January 1955	Age	70 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Panmure (St Patricks) Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Michael Andrew Murphy, born on 28 January 1884 at Kumara, was the second son of Michael and Ellen (née Dalton) Murphy.

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [23 February 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5549 0084734) [15 January 2017], NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5956 0363125) [18 January 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [09 January 2017]; Timaru Herald, 13 January 1917, 14 March 1917, 17, 20, 21 & 23 August 1917, 13 December 1919 (Papers Past) [23 February 2016]

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