MURPHY, Patrick Joseph
(Service number 60968)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 09/09/1889 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 20 July 1917 | Age | 28 |
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| Address at Enlistment | Norton Reserve, Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Labourer (at Norton Reserve, Waimate) | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. Murphy (mother), Waimate, South Canterbury, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 30th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 13 October 1917 | ||
| Transport | Corinthic | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Liverpool, England |
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Military Awards
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| Service Medals | British War and Victory Medals | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 12 July 1961 | Age | 71 |
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| Place of Death | Waimate | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Old Waimate Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | 1914-1918 Memorial in St. Patrick's Church, Waimate | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of Irish parents Patrick and Mary (nee O'Connor) Murphy. He was the fifth of nine children and remained single.
Cecilia Laws wrote of her and her sister, Judy Wheeler's, fond memories of Patrick (Pat):
"Patrick Murphy was our great-uncle ... During WWI Pat was sent to France with the Canterbury Infantry Regiment. In April 1918 he was wounded in the left eye by enemy fire on the Somme and was discharged from active duty. He spent some time at Brockenhurst Hospital in Hampshire, England, before returning to New Zealand. We remember Pat as a kind, generous man who used to give us rides in the 'dickie-seat' of his car - a real delight! Pat never married. He shared a home with Julia, one of his sisters, and worked on their farm at Waimate until he was in his sixties, when he and Julia bought a smaller house in Waimate township."
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (4 November 2014); Phone contact from C Laws, 4 November 2014; SCroll web submission from C Laws, 15 April 2015 & 15 April 2018; SCroll web submission from J Wheeler, 14 June 2015
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