Enlisted at the age of 40
Main BodyTrained
Avondale, AucklandPromoted Sergeant
Transfer to England
Steamship RuapehuMarched in to the Company Training Camp, Falmouth
Embarked for France
The Company joined the underground warfare in the North of France
Appointed Acting Section Sergeant
Admitted to hospital with scabies
Rejoined the Company
Forfeited 4 days pay for failing to parade for duty at trenches after being warned
The Company began the operations to connect old underground quarries in Arras in order to accommodate thousands of soldiers for an upcoming battle
Admitted to hospital with a gunshot wound to the abdomen
Buried
Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, Aubigny-en-ArtoisGrave reference
I F 42Anthony Byledbal, “World War I Timeline of James Murphy“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.
