Military service
Service number:
139641
Age:
19
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
60th Bn.
Birth:
January 25, 1897
Guelph, Ontario
Enlistment:
July 20, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
September 18, 1916
Puchevillers, Somme, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. F. 49.
Additional information
Son of David and Annie Murphy, of Guelph, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private David Ariel Murphy
-
Photo of David Ariel Murphy
David Ariel Murphy - "C" Company, 75th Battalion, C.E.F, Niagara Camp - 1915 -
Photo of David Ariel Murphy
David Ariel Murphy - 75th Battalion, C.E.F. at Toronto City Hall 18 Mar 1916 Note: Just 11 days before departing from Halifax, Nova Scotia for England -
Photo of David Ariel Murphy
Military Training -
Photo 2 of David Airel Murphy
Photo 2 of Military Training -
Grave Marker
David Ariel Murphy's Tombstone Puchevillers British Cemetery, France (note correct spelling of middle name) -
Newspaper Clipping
This photograph of Pte. David Airel Murphy appeared with a number of other casualty photographs in the Toronto Star on October 2nd, 1916. -
Memorial
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo of DAVID AIREL MURPHY
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Memorial Plaque
David Ariel Murphy - The Memorial Plaque was issued after WWI to the next-of-kin of all British and Empire service personnel who were killed as a result of the war. The plaques were cast in bronze and about 5 inches in diameter. They were popularly known as the "Dead Man's Penny" because of the similarity in appearance to the somewhat smaller penny coin.
Digital gallery of
Private David Ariel Murphy
Digital gallery of
Private David Ariel Murphy
Digital gallery of
Private David Ariel Murphy
Digital gallery of
Private David Ariel Murphy
Digital gallery of
Private David Ariel Murphy
Digital gallery of
Private David Ariel Murphy
Digital gallery of
Private David Ariel Murphy
Digital gallery of
Private David Ariel Murphy
Digital gallery of
Private David Ariel Murphy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 140 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page
Download this page
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.