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PURKIS, Cecil Roy

Service Number:	3423
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia , 14 May 1899
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Draper
Died:	Phthisis, Egypt, 15 February 1919, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery P 101
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

2 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 3423, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 3423, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne
15 Feb 1919:	Involvement Trooper, 3423, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3423 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1919-02-15

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Biography contributed by Heather Ernszt

Son of James PURKIS and Eliza SINCOCK

Brother of Leslie Raymond PURKIS SN 600 32nd Battalion