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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, Millchester State School WWI Honour Board, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
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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