James Joseph MURPHY

Born 17 January 1917 in Pinnaroo, South Australia ^[55]
Son of James Vincent MURPHY and Gwendoline Ellen STARLING ^[55]
Labourer in Carnamah in 1941 ^[19]
Farmhand on CAMAC Bros' Farm in Carnamah ^{[0: image 04136]}
Resided in Carnamah until enlisting in the Australian Army on 22 September 1941^[16]
Private WX16674 in the Australian Army's 2/4 Machine Gun Battalion during World War Two ^[16]
Killed in Action on 11 February 1942 in Malaya ^{[17] [18]}
His name was added to casualty lists under "Missing Believed Killed" in August 1945 ^{[293: 29-Aug-1945]}
Memorialised on the Singapore Memorial within the Kranji War Cemetery in Singapore ^[17]
His name appears on the Carnamah War Memorial ^[35]

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