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Service No.
Rank
Service
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Date of Enlistment
Place of Enlistment
Date of Death
Age
Cemetery/Memorial
Grave Reference
Source:
Veterans Affairs Canada
Ralph Rexnall Murphy
SF13820
Gunner
Royal Canadian Horse Artillery (1 RCHA)
March 6, 1931
East Jeddore, Nova Scotia
August 22, 1950
Halifax, Nova Scotia
September 13, 1952 (Majon-Ni-NE, South Korea)
21
United Nations Cemetery (Busan)
21. 5. 1310
Commemorated on Page 53 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance
Ralph Rexnall Murphy was the son of John William and Beatrice Murphy of Niagara Falls, Ontario. Gunner
Murphy was a tall, lean, blond youngster. He was quiet but a good talker once he got started. In school, his
best subject was science and although he rather liked school, he quit at 16 to go to work. He worked for two
years as a farm hand then changed employment and became a lumber-man. There He took up his spare
time skating, swimming and hunting.
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