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Signalman JAMES NEILSEN MURPHY

Service Number: C/5432
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Navy

H.M.S. U.S. 20.

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1941

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT

Naval Reservation. Grave 1285.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of James and Henrietta Christina Murphy, of Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT
Kent United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1219
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