"If I could have clasped his dying hand and heard his last farewell"
PUNSHON, John Morley
Service No: 1895 Private 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, 39th Battalion
Born: Ballarat, Victoria Father: Ernest Alfred PUNSHON Of 11 Sussex St, Ballarat, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: School Teacher Enlisted: 25 March 1916 Embarkation: 16 August 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Orontes’ Age: 22 years Served in England & France Wounded in Action: 28 March 1918 Returned to Australia: 5 March 1919 per ‘Magha’ Discharged: 27 April 1919
Education Department of Victoria Record of War Service 1914-1919
PURCELL, George Albert
Service No: 64842 Private AASC Reinforcements
Born: 20 November 1896 at Melbourne Victoria Father: George William PURCELL Of Woodleigh, Pandon Hill, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: State School Teacher Enlisted: 16 July 1918 Embarkation: 16 October 1918 from Melbourne per ‘Malta’ Served in Egypt Returned to Australia: 29 August 1919 per ‘Burma’ Discharged: 13 September 1919
Education Department of Victoria Record of War Service 1914-1919
PURDY, William Osborne
Service No: 16189 Private 6th Field Ambulance
Born: Dandenong, Victoria Father: William PURDY Of Melbourne Rd, Dandenong, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Teacher Enlisted: 9 January 1916 Embarkation: 16 December 1916 from Melbourne per ‘Medic’ Age: 22 years Served in France & England Wounded in Action: 4 October 1917 Returned to Australia: 10 June 1919 per ‘Marathon’ Discharged: 7 January 1921
Education Department of Victoria Record of War Service 1914-1919
PURVES, Godfrey
Service no 482 Lance Corporal 8th Light Horse Regiment
Son of James and Elizabeth PURVES Of 'Homine House', Much Macle, near Gloucester, England Occupation prior to enlistment Station Overseer Resided Clendon Road, Toorak, Vic. Enlisted 07 January 1915 Served in Egypt and Gallipoli Killed in action 07 August 1915 Aged 33 years Commemorated Lone Pine Memorial
Born 23 December 1893 at Wangaratta, Victoria Mother: Sophia PURVES Of Melbourne, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Labourer Enlisted: 6 December 1915 in Adelaide SA Embarkation: 28 April 1916 at Port Adelaide Served in Middle East Returned to Australia: 10 August 1919 per ‘Oxfordshire’ Discharged: 25 September 1919
State Records of SA GRG 26/5/4/1207
PYKE, John Frederick
Service No 1792 Private 8th Battalion
Born Albury, NSW Son of John and J PYKE Of Leonards Hill, Daylesford, Vic. Occupation prior to enlistment Labourer Enlisted 06 January 1915 Killed in action 06 August 1915 Aged 25 years Buried Shrapnel Valley Cemetery II A 56
PYNE, William Francis
Service No: 1113 Sergeant 37th Battalion
Born: Neutral Bay, NSW Mother: Catharine PYNE Of 8 Dudley St, West Melbourne, Victoria Occupation prior to enlisting: Public Servant (Education Department Office Staff) Enlisted: 24 February 1916 Embarkation: 3 June 1916 from Melbourne Age: 24 years Served in France & England Wounded in Action: 26 August 1918 Returned to Australia: 10 March 1919 per ‘Delta’ Discharged: 17 April 1919 Died: 26 March 1938
Education Department of Victoria Record of War Service 1914-1919