It must be the right William, have not found a William born in 1860 so the closest is the one born in 1862
Just learned he got married a third time, went back to Ireland and married Clanden Frances (Murphy)
then came back to South Africa were they had a daughter Clanden Frances Murphy who married in South Africa to a van Vuuren.
William died 9 Oct 1954 in Lichtenburg, Transvaal South Africa. Finial found his death notice. Unfortunatly there are no parent names and birth just Ireland. it says he was 94 and 4 days when he died. Which works out to 5 Oct 1860
I was told that he had severely brothers, and William ran away from home joined the army in 1878
It looks like Edmond Murphy died before 1900, His wife seams to be remarried at the time of Williams marriage to Ellen McGrath. Mother is now Margaret Cochran
Ellen McGrath's parents Laurance McGrath and Margaret Roache