Francis James Murphy

Trooper · NZ #1251

What this roll records

The prefix NZ has been added to his service number, on the authority of the Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph record already linked on this card — the Museum holds him as a New Zealand service person. The digits are unchanged. This roll formerly left the number unmarked, which made it look like a British number to anyone reading the field rather than the card.

Cenotaph-verified 27 Jul 2026 (record link added). DOB approx 1914 per record.

Motor Mechanic in civilian life. Embarked/served with 2nd Division Cavalry. Reported wounded (Gisborne Herald casualty list, 6 April 1943), then a Lieutenant; wife Mrs E.G. Murphy, Tolaga Bay. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

Motor mechanic in civilian life. Source: Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph.

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Where this comes from

• Additional sources (AWMM Online Cenotaph). Nominal Roll 2NZEF No. 1, p.131; No. 9, p.288. Also cited: Gisborne Herald, 6 April 1943, p.4.
• Listed in the LRDG Preservation Society’s Troopers roll.

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