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Alan Aubrey MURPHY

Regimental number466
Place of birthYoung, New South Wales
SchoolFort Street Boys High School, Sydney, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
AddressBronte, Albert Road, Strathfield, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ellena Murphy, Lormont, Gerald Avenue, Roseville, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceSUS
Enlistment date12 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 5, Reinforcement 7
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/10/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Machine Gun Battalion
FateKilled in Action 5 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialQueant Road Cemetery (Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 21), Buissy, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
179
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Ellen MURPHY, Tumut, New South Wales

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