Leslie Raymond PURKIS

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Service Number:	600
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	32nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, 4 February 1893
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	salesman
Died:	14 May 1973, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia
Memorials:	Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department Great War Roll of Honor

18 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 600, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 600, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Wounded 600, 32nd Infantry Battalion

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Son of James PURKIS and Eliza SINCOCK

Brother of Trooper Cecil Roy PURKIS SN 3423 3rd Light Horse Regiment who died of illness (Pneumonia) en route to Australia 15 Feb 1919.