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Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sergeant

Serial

33132

About

Born in New Zealand

2 September 1872

Residence

Hometown

Auckland

Work

Occupation

Draughtsman

Employer

Auckland Harbour Board

Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

B. G. Purchas

Army Experience

Native Reserve

New Zealand

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 66

22 December 1938

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5550 47/0095113, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Claude Philip Guyon Purchas (1872-1938)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/705