Company Sergeant Major

Robert Charles Purkis

Conflict: 
WW1
References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
23/884
Name:
Robert Charles Purkis
Rank: 
Company Sergeant Major
Date of Birth:
25 February 1883
Place of Birth: 
England
Next of Kin: 
Mrs R.C. Purkis (wife), 154 Upper Nelson Street, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
154 Upper Nelson Street, Auckland, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
3 New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
25 December 1915
Day of Death:
Saturday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
09 October 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 30
HMNZT 31
HMNZT 32
HMNZT 33
HMNZT 34
Vessel:
Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
G. 4.
Cemetery Location: 
Egypt
Robert Charles Purkis
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