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Charles Glenroy PURSER

Regimental number197
Place of birthAdelaide South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStation hand
AddressMitchell, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFriend, Miss Gladys McBride, Mitchell, Queensland
Enlistment date7 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name42nd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/59/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 5 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll42nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot IX, Row J, Grave No. I), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
136
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Harriet PURSER. Native of Clarendon, Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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