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File Reference 2D367
Name Bernard Murphy
Gender male
Address detail
Street 8 Lower Mercer Street, Dublin
County Dublin
Country Ireland
Address detail
Street 42 Belvedere Place, Dublin
County Dublin
Country Ireland
Notes Date of birth not recorded on file.
Date of death 1922-09-28
Place Victoria Barracks, County Cork
Notes Both dates 1922-09-25 and 1922-09-28 recorded on file.
Associated files in MSPA C2/107; D41; CL968
Related files 861 subjects National Army service number.
Civilian occupation Labourer;
Easter rising service No
Organisation Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces
Rank Private
National Army Service Number 861
Other Service Numbers 285000
Pension Claim No
Award Pension Yes
Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 Yes
Type of Award WAWidow allowance
Notes Awarded an allowance of 17 shillings and 6 pence per week during widowhood. Also awarded an allowance for her son.
Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 No
Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 No
Digital file Scanned/digital copyW2D367BERNARDMURPHY.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWC2_107BERNARDMURPHY.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWD41BERNARDMURPHY.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWCL968BERNARDMURPHY.pdf
File dates 10 November 1922 - 15 November 1965
Subject Information File relates to Catherine Murphy’s application under the Army Pensions Acts in respect of the death of her husband Bernard Murphy who was accidentally shot and killed in Victoria Barracks, Cork on 25 or 28 September 1922. Reference made to Bernard Murphy having served in the Royal Garrison Artillery, British Army (285000). Murphy enlisted in the National Forces on 18 July 1922. File contains: report from the Dublin Metropolitan Police detailing Catherine Murphy’s circumstances; material concerning income tax due; material relating to family partly closed. File CL968 (misfiled) refers to John Murphy, Labour Corps (703330 or 584760) who died in County Kerry on 22 September 1922. Murphy's address given as Upper Church Hill, Ennistymon, County Clare.