Cornelius James Murphy
born 11.6.1894 Whitechapel,London
son of John and Johanna (nee Jeffers) Murphy,Whitechapel,London
educated Belgium and Switzerland
spoke French,Flemish,Italian,Spanish and Portuguese
served WW1 (Intelligence and Royal Flying Corps)
foreign correspondent,Reuters,Paris 1919
Reuters Bureau Chief,Rome 1938-June 1940
Reuters Senior Correspondent,Gibraltar until January 1941
Reuters Bureau Chief,Lisbon January - June 1941
SOE D/Q.51 Branch (Press and black propaganda) July 1941 - August 1942
hunting down U-boat sanctuaries,Buenos Aires
British Security Coordination,USA 1942-43
commissioned Intelligence Corps 4.5.1943 (2Lt 246568) - 1945
interrogator of POWs in England
died 1960
