Service Details
Name:
 MURPHY
Given Name:
 JOHN NORMAN
Initials:
 J N
Service No:
 94899V
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 South African Air Force
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Unit:
 55 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1941-10-19
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Age:
 32
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Blenheim Z7415, failed to return from operational flight off the coast of Cyrenaica, Libya
Additional
Information:
Son of John Patrick and Mary Murphy, of Belgravia, Johannesburg. Husband of Edna May Murphy, of Johannesburg. Born Bolton, Lancashire, England. A mason. Commemoration stone in Springs (Geduld) Cemetery
Commemoration
Country:
 Egypt
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Cemetery:
 ALAMEIN MEMORIAL
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Grave Reference:
 Column 246.

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