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PURCHASE, Albert Hazelwood
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 749, 2094 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 July 1915, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Portland, Victoria, Australia, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Labourer/ Timber Clerk |
| Died: | Illness, Kew, Victoria, Australia, 1963 |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
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Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Lance Corporal, 749, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
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World War 1 Service
| 10 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 2094, 2nd Field Company Engineers, Melbourne | |
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| 6 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 2094, 2nd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 2094, 2nd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney | |
| 21 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2nd Field Company Engineers |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Albert Hazelwood PURCHASE was born in Portland, Victoria in 1879
His parents were Edward Charles PURCHASE & Emma Elizabeth FISHER
He married Sarah Catherine O'HALLORAN
Albert served in both the Boer War in the 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles & was invalided home to Victoria on 4th November, 1901 and re-enlisted on 10th July, 1915 to serve in WW1 in the 2nd Field Company Engineers - he returned to Australia on 23rd March, 1919 and was discharged on 21st May, 1919
He died in Kew, Victoria on 6th July 1963
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