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• Alexander James Askin Purse

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Name recorded

• Alexander Askin Purse

Service number

• Service number 14376

Rank

• Held rank of Driver

Birth record

• 22 September 1888 in Beeac, VIC, Australia

Death record

• 28 May 1954 in Balgowlah, NSW, Australia

Address

• 16 Lang Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - Alexander Hugh Purse
• Mother - Elizabeth Dickson
• Sibling - John Stanley Purse
• Wife - Marjorie Kendray Allen

Organisation

• 12th Field Artillery Brigade

Main sources

• PURSE Alexander Askin : Service Number - 14376 : Place of Birth - Beeac VIC : Place of Enlistment - Sydney NSW : Next of Kin - (Father) PURSE Alexander (NAA file)
• Birth Notice (newspaper article)
• Death Notice (newspaper article)
• Week By Week [Obituary] (newspaper article)

Commemorations

• PURSE A. A. on the North Face of the Mosman War Memorial