James Murphy

1875-1917

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.3

Rank

Corporal

Serial

4/1450

About

Born in New Zealand

1 October 1875
Parent

Father

James Murphy
Residence

Hometown

Matawai
Work

Occupation

Quarry Foreman

Employer

Public Works Department
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • South African War (1899-1902)
  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 41

    25 January 1917

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5549 62/0084674, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 4.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “James Murphy (1875-1917)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/615