MURPHY, Harrie Linden
| Service Number: | 2409 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 December 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron |
| Born: | Bibbenluke, New South Wales, May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Bombala, Bombala, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Bombala Superior Public School |
| Occupation: | Bank clerk |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Palestine, 28 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Jerusalem War Cemetery J 30 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Bombala War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2409, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2409, 7th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Palermo embarkation_ship_number: A56 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2409, 7th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Palermo, Sydney | |
| 28 Aug 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2409, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron, Egypt and Palestine - Light Horse and AFC Operations, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2409 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Machine Gun Squadron awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-08-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"News was received on Wednesday evening that Private Harry Murphy, of the Australian Light Horse, had been killed in action in Palestine. Private Murphy was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Coulson Murphy, formerly of this town, and now of Western Australia. He was a native of Bombala and had lived here most of his life. When he enlisted he held a good position in the Bank of New South Wales in Sydney, but he couldn't resist the call of his country for brave men to come forward and fight for freedom and liberty. He was a fine young man in every way, and those who knew Harry will know that however he died he died a man and a soldier. Two other brothers, Roy and Willie, are also in the firing line, and Jack would have been there too but that the doctor turned him down." - from the Bombala Times 06 Sep 1918 (nla.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
HARRIE LINDEN MURPHY was born at Bombala, New South Wales, on 13th May, 1889, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Coulson Murphy, and was educated a t the Public School, Bombala. He entered the service of the Bank at Queanbeyan on 29th December, 1906, and was transferred to Braidwood in January, 1908; to Narromine, as assistant, in August, 1909; to Cobargo, as teller, in February, 1913; to Inspector’s Department, Head Office, in January, 1914; and to the Southern Branch in July, 1915.
Harrie Linden Murphy enlisted as a member of the A.I.F. on 17th December, 1915, and was subsequently promoted to the rank of corporal in the 3rd Brigade, Australian Light Horse.
He was on active service in Egypt, and was killed in action in Palestine on 28th August, 1918. No details of his death have been procurable.
Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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