Burial · 1945
Joseph Thomas Murphy
Retired Telegraph Master
- Date
- 2 May 1945
- Age
- 71 years
- Place
- Ootacamund
- Officiant
- Balraj
- Register
- Burials · St Thomas' Cemetery Book
- Notes
- Plot annotation: "B 185". Christian-name column shows struck-through "Geoffrey" beneath "Joseph Thomas". Later correction: officiant re-read "Babre G." -> "Balraj" (Priest). Cross-checked against two independent page images (p-083 and p-084) with the same flourished blue-ink signature — it's one continuous name ending in a looped descender, not a two-part "Babre" + "G."; "Balraj" is a real Indian first name and fits the letterforms (tall B ascender, a-l-r-a humps, j-loop tail) far better than the prior split reading.