DRUITT, John Edward Purves
| Service Number: | 624 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 February 1915, Casino NSW |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Macquarie, NSW, 6 February 1895 |
| Home Town: | Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Superior School Port Macquarie, District School Kempsey |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | 16 October 1973, aged 78 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Zone H Section Garden Lawn Section Grave 138 |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 624, 25th Infantry Battalion, Casino NSW | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Sergeant, 624, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Sergeant, 624, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Alfred John DRUITT
Of Kempsey, NSW
JOHN EDWARD PURVIS DRUITT, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Druitt, was born at Port Macquarie, New South Wales, on 6th February, 1895. He was educated at the Superior Public School, Port Macquarie, and the District School at Kempsey, and entered the Bank’s service on 9th January, 1912, at Bellingen. His subsequent transfers were to Maitland in December, 1912; Mullumbimby in January, 1913; and Casino in April, 1914.
He enlisted on 27th February, 1915, and embarked as sergeant, landing at Gallipoli on 12th September, 1915. After three months’ service, however, he contracted severe enteric fever, and was invalided home to Australia, being finally declared unfit for further service. In the meantime he had received his promotion to the rank of lieutenant.
Source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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