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Service number

• Service number 15336

Ranks

• Held rank of Sapper
• Held rank of Driver

Birth record

• 10 July 1895 in Neutral Bay, NSW, Australia

Death record

• 20 July 1962 in Chatswood, NSW, Australia

Address

• 16 Lang Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - Alexander Hugh Purse
• Mother - Elizabeth Dickson
• Wife - May Hogarth Whipp
• Sibling - Alexander James Askin Purse

Organisation

• 8th Field Company Engineers

Main sources

• PURSE John Stanley : Service Number - 15336 : Place of Birth - Neutral Bay NSW : Place of Enlistment - Sydney NSW : Next of Kin - (Mother) PURSE Elizabeth (NAA file)

Commemorations

• PURSE J. S. on the North Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• Purse, J. on the Mosman Public School Roll of Honour
• Purse, S. on the Scots Kirk Presbyterian Church Mosman Roll of Honour
• Purse, S. on the Mosman District Cricket Club honour board