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Michael Murphy of the Royal Garrison Artillery

Photograph of Michael Murphy of the Royal Garrison Artillery

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CONTRIBUTOR

Margaret Dowling

DATE

1914 - 1918

LANGUAGE

eng

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1

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Europeana 1914-1918

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UGC
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Contributor

europeana19141918:agent/63b862891bb877afed629aa4655c6526

Date

1918
1914

Type

Story

Language

eng
English

Country

Europe

DataProvider

Europeana 1914-1918

Provider

Europeana 1914-1918

Year

1918
1914

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2020601_Ag_ErsterWeltkrieg_EU

Begin

1914

End

1918

Language

mul

Agent

Michael Murphy | europeana19141918:agent/053a2e002295450c1b8b97941c157166
Margaret Dowling | europeana19141918:agent/63b862891bb877afed629aa4655c6526

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2019-09-11T08:47:12.245Z
2020-02-25T08:53:37.453Z
2012-03-22 15:50:39 UTC
2012-03-29 08:14:28 UTC

Provenance

DU18

Record ID

/2020601/https___1914_1918_europeana_eu_contributions_3433

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