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PURCELL, Matthew
Personal Details
Service Number: | 474 |
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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) |
Service History
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: '' | |
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25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 474, 7th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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