Murphine, Oscar Dinley

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Murphine, Oscar Dinley Service Number 2184

Killed in Action 22nd May 1916 France

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NAME Murphine, Oscar Dinley

SERVICE NO 2184

UNIT 18th Battalion 4

th Reinforcements

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 21 yrs 10 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Bombay India

ADDRESS

OCCUPATION Farmer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 31 May 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Father- Alfred Robert Murphine- Beckford Estate, Ourimbah, NSW

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height;- 6’ ½”. Weight;-154lbs . Chest;-32-36” . Complexion;-Dark. Hair;-Dark . Eyes;-Hazel .

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED 30 Aug 1915- Sydney per HMAT A8 “Argyllshire”

DISEMBARKED

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS 6 Feb 1916- Hospital-Staging Camp Egypt- Synovitis

DIED 22 May 1916- France

BURIED Brewery Orchard, Bois Grenier, 2¼miles Sth of Armentieres- France-Plot 4, Row C, Gve. no 21- by Rev E H Fernie

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-17896, British War Medal-20480, Victory Medal-20402. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll-310735.

DEPENDANTS

PERSONAL EFFECTS 2 Boxes containing Safety Razors and Blades, Letters, testament, photos, Mirror (Damaged), knife, pipe, pocket book, 2 handkerchiefs/ Scarf, cap, comforter, letters, cards, nail scissors/

WILL Beneficiary Father A R Murphine- Ourimbah, will signed 24/1/16

CORRESPONDENCE Father- Nov 1916. Father-6 Oct 1921- “Omrah” Fortescue St., Chiswick, Five Dock, Sydney NSW

Gosford Times 16

th November 1916

RETURN THANKS. MR A.R. MURPHINE desires to thank the residents of Ourimbah for their kindness in presenting him with a

beautiful framed photograph and a magnificent inscribed gold medal, in honour and memory of his son, the

late Corporal Oscar D. Murphine.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 7990088



















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