PURCELL, Nicholas
| Service Number: | 941 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Kilkenny, Ireland, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Wickepin, Wickepin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Barman/Labourer |
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World War 1 Service
| 26 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 941, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 26 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 941, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Hororata, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Enlisted under alias Nicholas COMEFORD
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Next of kin-Pat Comeford, Cavan, Ireland
Next of Kin - (Father) PURCELL Patrick-Castlecomer, Kilkenny, Ireland
Castlecomer (Irish: Caislean an Chumai meaning "the castle at the confluence of the waters") is a town in the north of County Kilkenny, Ireland.
Enlistment date-14 January 1915-Perth, Western Australia-10th Light Horse Regiment, 5th Reinforcement. Regimental number
941-at attestation he was allotted Service Number 118.
Unit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 26 April 1915-he was 23 at the time.
He was discharged in London 25th October 1919 when he was a Lance Corporal in the 3rd Machine Gun Squadron and intended to settle back in County Kilkenny.
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