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Leslie Arthur PURCELL

Kete Horowhenua2020-03-23T16:50:30+00:00
Date of birth09 March 1883
Date of death17 September 1917
Mothers nameEliza (née Hart)
Spouses nameUnmarried
Mothers date of birthabt 1863
Mothers date of death9 August 1953
Fathers date of birthabt 1861
Mothers place of deathPalmerston North
Fathers nameFrederick James Purcell
Parents date of marriage1882
Parents place of marriageNZ
Fathers date of death16 November 1929
Fathers place of deathPalmerston North
SiblingsFlorence (b 1882), Alfred William (b 1884), Albert (b 1886, WW 1 Service Number 14147), Frederick James (b 1888, WW 1 Service No 11/1362), Kezia Ellen (b 1890), Isabell Jane (b 1892), Ernest Edgar (b 1895 WW 1 Service No 6/1961, died Gallipoli 1915), Robert George (b 1900)
Cause of deathDied of wounds
Buried whereDartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt. 11.A.79
Last known residenceLevin, New Zealand
Awards1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Place of birthWanganui, New Zealand
OccupationBlacksmith
Place of deathFrance
Date of arrival overseas15 November 1915
Theatres of warEgyptian 1915-16, Egyptian 1916, Western Europe 1916
Place of embarkationWellington
SurnamePURCELL
War memorialLevin
Place enlistedTrentham
Christian namesLeslie Arthur
Place of arrival overseasSuez, Egypt
SchoolLevin 6 April 1903 - 3 August 1908; Kereru; Levin 16 May 1904 - ? Levin 5 June 1906 - ?
WarsWW 1
Service number23/567
ReligionC of E
Date enlisted29 May 1915
Final rankTrooper/Rifleman
Regiment or serviceNZ Rifle Brigade 1st Bn 3rd
User reference2.225

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Declared age: 32 years. Birth differs from Birth Registration Indexes which is 1898

Height: 5’11” Weight: 10st 8lb

Chest: 34” – 37”

Last Employer: W Winton, Levin

NOK: F Purcell (father), Salisbury St, Levin

Parents buried Terrace End Cemetery, Palmerston North.

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