Lieutenant Colonel George Francis Murphy

Ranks Held Acting Corporal, Lieutenant Colonel, Major
Birth Date 24/09/1883
Death Date 1962
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Unit 18th Australian Infantry Battalion
Conflict/Operation First World War, 1914-1918

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    Men of C and D Companies of the 18th Battalion resting outside their dugouts. They appear to ...

    A group of officers of the 5th Australian Infantry Brigade, at Walcourt. They are front left (on ...

    Australians in Germany. A scene near the Aix-la-Chapelle Road, about 10 miles from Cologne. Left ...

    The Headquarters of the 18th Battalion, about 150 yards from the front line, on Broodseinde ...

    Group portrait of officers of the 18th Battalion. Back row, left to right: Captain (Capt) George ...

    Signed studio portrait of Lieutenant Colonel George Francis Murphy CMG, DSO and Bar, Companion of ...

    Document


    AWM183 35 - Australian War Records Section biographical forms: Maj S A Mountjoy, Maj W F Moyle, Lt Col L M Mullen, Maj E J Munro, Lt Col G F Murphy, M...

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Date of birth 24/09/1883
Other units 23/08/1915 17th Battalion.
Date promoted 01/06/1915 Appointed major.
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 05/05/1915 Appointed captain in the 20th Battalion.
Date of enlistment 05/05/1915
Date of embarkation 25/06/1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 13/09/1916
Other units 01/02/1916 Second in command 18th Battalion.
Date of embarkation 31/03/1916
Date promoted 01/12/1916 Appointed colonel.
Date promoted 07/11/1916 Appointed temporary leiutenant colonel.
Other 07/11/1916 Temporary Commanding Officer 18th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 18/09/1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 30/09/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 03/03/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 27/09/1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 12/05/1917
Other units 07/08/1918 Rejoined 18th Battalion.
Other 1918-02-19 - 1918-03-21 Attended Senior Officers courses at Headquarters Machine Gun Training Center, Grantham.
Date of recommendation honour or award 09/02/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 04/03/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 25/05/1918
Other units 11/08/1918 Temporary Commanding Officer 7th Australian Infantry Brigade.
Date of recommendation honour or award 05/03/1918
Date of recommendation honour or award 24/05/1918
Other units 10/04/1919 Officer Commanding troops HT Medic.
Other units 15/11/1919 Officer Commanding troops HT Ypiringa.
Date returned to Australia 10/04/1919
Other units 13/08/1919 Officer Commanding troops Ypiringa transport service.
Other units 12/10/1919 Taken on strength AIF in the United Kingdom.
Other 27/01/1920 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of death 1962

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