Private

Robert Purcell

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Robert Patrick and Elizabeth Purcell; husband of Kate Purcell, of Minnehaha Avenue, Takapuna, Auckland.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
27794
Name:
Robert Purcell
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Kate Purcell (wife), Bayswater, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Tunneller
Unit:
NZEF, Wellington Regiment, 2 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Date of Death:
16 November 1917
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
41
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
26 June 1916
Transport:

HMNZT 56
HMNZT 57
Vessel:
Maunganui or Tahiti
Destination:
Devonport, England (22 August 1916)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
VIII. C. 3.
Cemetery Location: 
United Kingdom
Robert Purcell
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