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Purchase, Joseph William (259)

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Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC

Age: 22 years 11 months

Enlistment Details: Thursday, 11 March 1915 – Colac, VIC

Service Number: 259            view online service record

Address:
cnr Wright & Danks Street
Middle Park, VIC

Next of Kin:
Eva Purchase (sister)
cnr Wright & Danks Street
Middle Park, VIC

Embarkation Details:
Date: Monday, 10 May 1915
Ship: HMAT Euripides A14
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion

Fate:
RTA: Saturday, 5 April 1919
Discharged: Sunday, 27 July 1919

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