Military service
Service number:
15
Age:
17
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Newfoundland Regiment
Division:
1ST Bn.
Birth:
January 7, 1899
St. John's
Enlistment:
January 23, 1915
St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador
Death:
July 1, 1916
Beaumont-Hamel, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 28.
Additional information
Son of Martin Dunphy, of 23, Princes St., St. John'S, Newfoundland.
Digital gallery of Private William Dunphy
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Photo of William Dunphy
Son of Martin Dunphy of St. John's, Newfoundland -
Photo of WILLIAM DUNPHY
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Camp
This picture depicts a camp like the ones seen in Camp Pleasantville in St. John's around the time of enlisting. -
Group Photo
A group picture of some of the Newfoundlanders who served in the First World War. Left to Right / de gauche à droite: Back Row / Dernier Rang: Pte. H. Wilson, Pte H. Lidstone Second Row / Deuxième Rang: Pte. C. Peet, Pte. J. Cleary, Pte. D. Osmond, Pte. A. Small, Pte. T. Smythe, Pte. W. Bradley First Row / Premier Rang: Bugler J. Nicholl, Pte. C. March, Pte. F.P. LeGrow, Col. Sgt. G. Taylor, Lieut. C.A. Ayre, Lieut. J. Nunns, Sgt. W. Ayre, Cpl. R. Sheppard, Pte L.G. Harsant, Bugler W. Taylo -
Entrance
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Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No 2
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Gravemarker
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Royal Newfoundland Regiment Badge
In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War i and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Biography
In memory of the men would served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War i and did not return home. Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Photo
From the Newfoundland Canadian Legion Veterans' Service Recognition Book. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Dunphy
Digital gallery of
Private William Dunphy
Digital gallery of
Private William Dunphy
Digital gallery of
Private William Dunphy
Digital gallery of
Private William Dunphy
Digital gallery of
Private William Dunphy
Digital gallery of
Private William Dunphy
Digital gallery of
Private William Dunphy
Digital gallery of
Private William Dunphy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 38 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance.
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