PURCELL, Montague Horatio Charles
| Service Number: | 3456 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1915, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Georges Head, Sydney, NSW, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith's Striker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 7 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3456, 1st Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3456, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3456, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Montague and Emily J PURCELL
Of Nottingham, Parramatta Road, NSW
Private M. H. C. Purcell, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. M, J. Purcell, of Nottingham, Parramatta-road, Ryde, who has boen wounded in France, was born at George's Head. Another son, serving on hoard H.M.A.S. Sydney, was on board at the time of the fight with the Emden.
PRIVATE M. H. C. PURCELL.
Private Montague Horatio Charles Purcell, fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Purcell, of Nottingham, Parramatta-rond, Ryde, was killed in action on April 7. He was wounded at Pozieres and again elsewhere in France. He was born at George's Head, his father at the time being coy. sergeant-major of the Permanent Submarine Miners. Another son is serving on H.M.A.S. Sydney, and was on board at the time when the German raider Emden was sunk. A further son volunteered at Nauru, Marshall Islands, and a younger son has lately joined the Royal Australian Artillery at South Head as trumpeter. Previous to enlisting Private Purcell was employed at the Meadow-bank works.
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