Forenames

Timothy Rowley AWMM

Surname

Murphy AWMM

Service number

• NZ404037 AWMM
• WWII 404037 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

21 Sept 1921 RNZAF Biographies (R17845613)

Birth notes

Son of John Rowley Murphy and Madeline Mary Murphy, of Gisborne

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 July 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/timothy-rowley-murphy

Next of kin

• WW2 Mother: Mrs. M. M. Murphy, Kotemaori, Hawkes Bay AWMM
• WW2 Mother: Mrs. M. M. Murphy of Kotemaori,East Coast AWMM

Relationship status

Single/WWII AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Europe (Air) AWMM

Armed force / branch

Air Force AWMM

Service number

• NZ404037 AWMM
• WWII 404037 AWMM

Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM

Military training

• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 4 Air Observer School, London, Ontario, Canada AWMM
  Course 1: Class 14. Graduation Date: 14/04/1941. AWMM
• British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School, Fingal, Ontario, Canada AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Vessel was Aorangi AWMM Royal New Zealand Air Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed on air operations AWMM

Last rank

Sergeant AWMM
Royal Air Force, No. 75 (NZ) Squadron AWMM

Son of John Rowley Murphy and Madeline Mary Murphy, of Gisborne

Initially buried in the British 1914-18 War Cemetery, South Cologne and later reinterred at Rheinberg.

Attended Christ's College, Christchurch (Source: RNZAF Biographies (R17845613)) AWMM

Death

11 Oct 1941 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Rheinberg War Cemetery, Kamp Lintfort, Nordrhein-Westfal, Germany AWMM 1. B. 9. AWMM

Obituary

GISBORNE SERGEANT R.A.F. OPERATIONS Advice has been received by Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Murphy that their youngest son, Sergeant - Gunner Timothy Murphy, Royal Air Force, is reported missing on air operations. He was attached to a Wellington bomber squadron, and had not long been on active air operations against the enemy. Sergeant-Gunner Murphy left New Zealand last December, and trained under the Empire air .scheme in Canada, receiving a high rating for his gunnery. He spent a further few weeks in training in Britain before being posted to the bomber squadron. His elder brother, Sergeant Michael Murphy, late of the Divisional Cavalry New Zealand Expeditionary Force, recently returned to New Zealand to become an instructor with the newly formed Tank Corps at Waiouru.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 22 July 2023 - MISSING GUNNER
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXVIII, ISSUE 20587, 15 OCTOBER 1941, PAGE 7

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2048275
  Sources Used
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ma - McW. Archives New Zealand (R17845613)
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R17845613
  Sources Used

References

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• This record is a work in progress and was partially compiled from the “Database of New Zealand Airmen who took part in Advanced Air Training in Canada during WW2”. Researched by Ivan and Lorna Lindsey of Tauranga. N.Z. 2003 – 2012. Reproduced with permission.
• RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939 - 1945 (Bound Volumes) - Ma - McW. Archives New Zealand (R17845613) - Former archives reference: AIR118
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - List of Personnel Killed or Missing in Various Theatres, 1940 - 1945. [Missing - But Presumed Dead on Lapse of Time - Officers, Airmen]. Archives New Zealand (R17845743)
• Please note that the 11 volumes of the "RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Biographies of Deceased Personnel 1939-1945" held at Archives NZ (formerly known as AIR118) should be used in conjunction with Errol Martyn's "For Your Tomorrow". FYT reflects detailed examination of all of the AIR118 bios which contain many inaccuracies and omissions.
• List of RNZAF [Royal New Zealand Air Force] Personnel - Embarkation Lists, November 1940 - July 1942. Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R17845762).
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.