George Alexander MURPHY

Regimental number14296
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinFather, Hull Ingram Murphy, George Street, Waihi
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 8th Reinforcements to 1st Battalion, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Maunganui on 26 June 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 2 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXIX, Row A, Grave No 5A), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hull Ingram Murphy and Mary Jane Murphy, Dublin, Ireland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 30