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PURDOM, David John
(Service number 70956)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	06/10/1897	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Mary PACKMAN (sister), 91 Church Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	37th Reinforcements, Specialists Company
Date	16 May 1918
Transport	Ionic
Embarked From		Destination	London, England

Other Units Served With
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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Traveller

Death

Date	27 June 1946	Age	48 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 136, Plot 367
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

David John Purdom was the son of William Purdom and his wife Selina Amelia née Taylor. He was educated at Timaru Main School. Two brothers also served in World War One - Frederick Henry and Lionel Saunders.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [08 July 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [08 July 2017]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Library) [10 July 2017]; Hall and Moore funeral directors transcribed record (held by South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [July 2017]

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