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David Airel Murphy

In memory of:

Private David Airel Murphy

September 18, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

139641

Age:

18

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Division:

60th Bn.

Additional Information

Son of David and Annie Murphy, of Guelph, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 140 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

IV. F. 49.

Location:

Puchevillers is a village about 19 kilometres north-east of Amiens. The PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY is a little west of the village. The first Commonwealth War Graves Commission signpost is situated by the church in the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    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.

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    Photo of DAVID AIREL MURPHY
    Photo of DAVID AIREL MURPHY – Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • 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

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    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– David Ariel Murphy - "C" Company, 75th Battalion, C.E.F, Niagara Camp - 1915

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    Photo of David Ariel Murphy – David Ariel Murphy - "C" Company, 75th Battalion, C.E.F, Niagara Camp - 1915
  • 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.

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    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.
  • Photo of David Airel Murphy– Military Training

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    Photo of David Airel Murphy
    Photo of David Airel Murphy – Military Training
  • Photo 2 of David Airel Murphy– Photo 2 of Military Training

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    Photo 2 of David Airel Murphy
    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)

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    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.

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    Newspaper Clipping
    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.

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