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Robert Purcell

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Purcell AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Robert William Purcell AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 27794 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Kate Purcell (wife), Bayswater, Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 26 June 1916 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 27794 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Tunneller/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Robert Patrick and Elizabeth Purcell.

    Husband of Kate Purcell, of Minnehaha Avenue, Takapuna, Auckland. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    16 November 1917 AWMM
    Age 41 AWMM
    United Kingdom, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England AWMM VIII.C.3. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Private Robert Purcell, Takapuna, of the Second, Wellington, Battalion, while in London on leave from the Command Depot at Codford, was run over by a motor-bus near Windmill Street, Tottenham Court Road, and killed. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental death. (Auckland Weekly News, 24 January 1918, p. 19) AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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  • Robert Purcell was the Brother of my Grandfather Eric Roy who also served in WW1, her was wounded and returned to Australia to his wife and a daughter. I will be travelling to the UK in June 2017 and hope to visit my Uncle Roberts grave. We are so very proud of the NZ side of our family. We are truly an ANZAC Family.
    Public - OWEN - Direct descendant - 24 April 2017
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24 April 2017OWENMelbourne AustraliaDirect descendant
22 March 2015KeithNew ZealandResearcher

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