MURPHY, James Hugh
(Service number 10372)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Trooper |
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Birth
| Date | 15/05/1895 | Place of Birth | Fairlie |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Fairlie | ||
| Occupation | Blacksmith | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | D. MURPHY (father), Eversley Street, Fairlie, Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 12th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry | ||
| Date | 6 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | Mokoia | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Mounted Rifles | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 1 October 1979 | Age | 84 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waimairi Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
James Hugh Murphy enlisted as James Murphy. He was born on 15 March 1895 at Fairlie, the older son of Denis and Margaret (née Fitzsimmons) Murphy, and baptized Roman Catholic on 1 April 1895 at Timaru. He, his brother and three older sisters were educated at Fairlie School. His father died in December 1920, his mother died in 1953 at the age of ninety. His oldest twin sister, Hannah, died in 1918 at the Timaru Hospital. J. Murphy, 10372, of Fairlie, returned to New Zealand from Egypt, in a draft of 1095, per the “Ulimaroa”, which was due at Auckland on 6 August 1919. He married Margaret Elizabeth Ryan in 1921. His younger brother, Denis Eugene Murphy, known as Eugene, also served in World War One. James died on 1 October 1979 at Christchurch, aged 84 years, just nine days after his wife. They were survived by a daughter and a son, and six grandchildren.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [29 October 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [04 August 2020]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [04 August 2020]; Waimairi Cemetery headstone transcription & burial record [29 November 2020]; NZ Times, 31 July 1919, Timaru Herald, 14 December 1920 (Papers Past) [29 October 2020; 29 November 2020]
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