Claude Philip Guyon Purchas

1872-1938

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sergeant

Serial

33132

About

Born in New Zealand

2 September 1872
Live

Hometown

Auckland
Work

Occupation

Draughtsman

Employer

Auckland Harbour Board
Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

B. G. Purchas

Army Experience

  • Native Reserve

    New Zealand

  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Death

    Died at the age of 66

    22 December 1938

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5550 47/0095113, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Claude Philip Guyon Purchas (1872-1938)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/705