MURPHY E.F.B.

Given Names:  Eustace Frederick Butler

Service Number:  1292

Unit:  Heavy Artillery Group 36, 17th reinforcements                                                         

Rank:  Gunner 

Paybook Number:  509086

Age:  25 Yrs   

Occupation:  Soldier/Wool Classer                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Roman Catholic

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8½ In                  

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  34½-37½ In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  1/1/1918

Place:  Queenscliff

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Eustace Louis Joseph Murphy

Merion', Malin Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                  

Embarkation Date:  28/2/1918

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Nestor A71

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Argyllshire                                       

Embarked:  1/8/1919                                 

Disembarked:  22/9/1919

Unit:  36th Heavy Artillery Brigade                                                                                                 

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  15/10/1919                     

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  71948

Victory Medal:  Not earned

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  28/10/1892

Place:  Malvern, Victoria                          

Father:  Eustace Louis Joseph MURPHY   

Mother:  Constance RUTHERFORD

MARRIAGE

Year:  1923     

Place:             

Spouse: Mary Matilda HAYES

DEATH

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Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Non-military employment 27/3/1919-27/6/1919 (wool-classing)

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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