THE PRO PATRIA PROJECT

MURPHY Daniel

29449, Private, 1st Battalion, Wellington Regiment, WW1

CITATION

Distinguished Conduct Medal

Gazetted 22 October 1917, p10869

Citation 26 January 1918, p1345

La Basee Ville, 31 July 1917.  For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when one of a garrison of a forward post.  On three occasions he passed through very heavy shell-fire to bring up stretcher bearers. On the last one; though buried by an explosion, he completed his errand and, failing to obtain bearers, returned to the shelled area and carried out a badly wounded comrade on his back.  During the same period, half the post being destroyed by shell-fire, and all the rations with it. He volunteered to go back and bring up food.  This he successfully did.  Finally, when the post was relieved after a terrible ordeal, in which half of the garrison was killed, he remained behind to look after wounded until stretcher-bearers could be sent up. His magnificent devotion and exceptional fearlessness cannot be too highly praised

KNOWN AWARDS

Distinguished Conduct Medal

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Memorial Plaque

NOTES

Born 18 December 1889, Auckland, NZ

Died 4 December 1919, Te Puke, NZ