Matthew PURCELL

PURCELL, Matthew

Service Number: 474
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 7th Machine Gun Company
Born: Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia, 17 September 1892
Home Town: Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling: Millchester State School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation: Grocer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 21 September 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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World War 1 Service

25 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 474, 7th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
25 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 474, 7th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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