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• Alfred John Purver

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Service number

• Service number 17394

Rank

• Held rank of Sapper

Birth record

• 17 July 1888 in Chelsea, Middlesex, England

Death record

• 28 May 1953 in Paddington, NSW, Australia

Address

• Military Road, Cremorne, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - Harry Frederick William Purver
• Mother - Jessie Merion Cavett
• Wife - Helen Maude Wood

Organisation

• 15th Field Company Engineers

Main sources

• PURVER Alfred John : Service Number - 17394 : Place of Birth - London England : Place of Enlistment - Sydney NSW : Next of Kin - (Mother) PURVER Jessie (NAA file)
• Funeral Notice (newspaper article)

Commemorations

• PURVER A. J. on the North Face of the Mosman War Memorial