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Military service
Service number:
797104
Age:
32
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
29th Bn.
Death:
August 21, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and Elsie Elizabeth Forbes Murphy.
Digital gallery of Private Francis Leoland Murphy
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Photo of Francis Leoland Murphy
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Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Biography
Pte. Francis F. Murphy's Tribute to John Carnahan was originally published in the Simcoe Reformer on Aug. 16, 1917. John and Francis had both originally enlisted in the Norfolk's 133rd. It was reproduced in Grant Smith's memorial book "Norfolk Remembers the Great War 1914-1918" and I have been given permission by the Norfolk County Public Library in Simcoe, Ontario to share it. The tribute briefly recalls their enlistment day in early 1916 and then Francis retells his visit to John's grave in France at some point after the Battle of Vimy Ridge. He describes his encounter with a priest and young French women who provide him with enough roses for the 84 graves of the 49th Battalion burial plot, including John's grave and 15 others from Norfolk's 133rd.
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Leoland Murphy
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Leoland Murphy
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Leoland Murphy
Digital gallery of
Private Francis Leoland Murphy
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 299 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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