Cecil Horace Murphy was an Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n politician, elected as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly

New South Wales Legislative Assembly

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Murphy was born in Sydney

Sydney

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 and was a teacher trainee at Hereford House in Sydney in 1912. He served in the First Australian Imperial Force

First Australian Imperial Force

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 in 1915 and 1916 as a private, but was invalidated out to the United Kingdom

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 in 1916. He taught in state schools at Artarmon

Artarmon, New South Wales

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 in 1917 and Cleveland Street High School, Surry Hills

Surry Hills, New South Wales

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 from 1917 to 1920. He became a student at the University of Sydney

University of Sydney

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 in 1920 and later became a real estate agent.

Murphy was elected as an Australian Labor Party

Australian Labor Party

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 member for the seat of North Shore

Electoral district of North Shore

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from 1920 to 1927. He married Genevieve Mary Taylor in about 1925 and they had issue three daughters and one son. He died in Sydney.