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James Neilsen Murphy

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Stone of Remembrance, Gillingham (Woodlands) Cemetery, Kent (photo kindly provided by Kenneth Campbell's family) - This image may be subject to copyright

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Neilsen AWMM
  • Surname
    Murphy AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII C/5432 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1917 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    WW2 HMS Belmont AWMM
    Signalman AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • James Murphy was the son of James and Henrietta Christina Murphy, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    16 April 1941 AWMM
    Age 31 AWMM
    London, England AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Gillingham (Woodlands Road) Cemetery, Kent, England AWMM Naval Reservation. Grave 1285. AWMM
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  • Obituary
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Memorials

Memorial

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22 January 2018GeoffreyTilbury, EnglandResearcher

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