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Military service
Service number:
R/176578
Age:
20
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
619 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
February 25, 1924
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
July 14, 1942
Nova Scotia
Death:
July 25, 1944
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Son of James and Mary Murphy of Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
Brother of Sapper Colin Stephen Murphy, who died while serving with the Royal Canadian Engineers.
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Commemorated on:
Page 401 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MONTOIR-DE-BRETAGNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY Loire-Atlantique, France
Montoir-de-Bretagne is a village and commune 3.75 miles (6 kilometres) north-east of St. Nazaire. It is on the main St. Nazaire-Chateaubriant road and is easily reached from St. Nazaire. The cemetery is in the village, north of the main road to Savenay. The one war grave is south-east of the main entrance.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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