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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
1015203
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
72nd Bn.
Birth:
February 4, 1898
Vancouver, British Columbia
Enlistment:
March 31, 1916
Vancouver, British Columbia
Death:
September 1, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Joshua Murphy of Fraser Arm, Burnaby, British Columbia.
Additional citations
Bar to Military Medal
Digital gallery of Private Ernest Edward Murphy
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province January 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province June 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province October 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Edward Murphy
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Edward Murphy
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Edward Murphy
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Edward Murphy
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Edward Murphy
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Edward Murphy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 476 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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