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MURPHY, William
(Service number 36469)

William (Bill) Murphy, circa 1917 — (Courtesy of P Mulvey )

William (Bill) Murphy and his cousin(?) William (Bill) Quaid, circa 1917 — (Courtesy of P Mulvey )

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	26 November 1890	Place of Birth	Pleasant Valley

Enlistment Information

Date	20 September 1916	Age	25 years 9 months
Address at Enlistment	Pleasant Point, Canterbury
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience	South Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Edward MURPHY (father), Pleasant Valley, Geraldine, Canterbury
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 9 inches. Weight 145 lbs. Chest measurement 33-35 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair dark. Sight normal. Hearing & colour vision both good. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth good. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. No slight defects. No fits. No distinctive marks or marks indicating congenital peculiarities or previous disease.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements, G Company
Date	19 January 1917
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Rifle Brigade

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	30 October 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	24 July 1947	Age	56 years
Place of Death	Pleasant Valley, Geraldine
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 25 July 1947
Memorial or Cemetery	Geraldine Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 132, Plot 141
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Murphy, born on 26 November 1890 at Pleasant Valley (Timaru), was the second child of twelve and eldest son of Edward and Ellen Mary (née O'Flanagan) Murphy, of Geraldine. William was first rejected as unfit for the military forces on account of lung infection.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [10 December 2015]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5549 0084792) [31 March 2017], NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [09 January 2017]; Geraldine Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [09 January 2017]; Timaru Herald, 25 July 1947 (Timaru District Library) [03 April 2017]

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