Private JOHN WILLIAM PURCELL
Service Number: 2162
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
31st Bn.
Date of Death
Died 19 July 1916
Age 17 years old
- Country of Service Australian
- Additional Info Son of Adam Young Purcell, and Margaret Purcell, of Neath, New South Wales. Native of Dudley, New South Wales.
- Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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