PURCELL, James Patrick
| Service Number: | 3926 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 August 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Kilkenny, Ireland, 1883 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot 1, Row J, Grave 31 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3926, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia | |
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| 22 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3926, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 22 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3926, 11th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Fremantle | |
| 9 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery | |
| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3926, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3926 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Husband of Loretta Bella Purcell of 1 Beaufort Street, Perth, WA
James served his apprecticeship for a butcher with the Butchering Company, Brisbane
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is commemorated on the Kilkenny Peace Park Kilkenny World War I Memorial and on the Kilkenny, MacDonagh Station-Kilkenny World War I Memorial.
11th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement and latterly -3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
3rd, Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery-he was aged 33, from Paulstown. Paulstown (Irish: Baile Phóil) is a small village in County Kilkenny in Ireland.
Enlistment date 12 August 1915
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board RMS Mongolia on 22 November 1915 - age at embarkation 32.
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