Murphine, Oscar Dinley

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Murphine, Oscar Dinley

Service Service Number Number 1494 2184 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 22nd May 1916 Gallipoli Peninsula France

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NAME

Murphine, Oscar Dinley

SERVICE NO

2184

UNIT

18th Battalion 4th 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 ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE NEXT OF KIN

Father- Alfred Robert Murphine- Beckford Estate, Ourimbah, NSW

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION RELIGION

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

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

MEDALS 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 16th 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.

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