Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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Purton, John David Hazel

A labourer from Ulverstone Tasmania he embarked Melbourne 28^th February 1918 on board “HMAT Nestor” with the 12^th Infantry Battalion.

He was wounded in the buttocks and foot in August 1918 in France and died 11^th January 1919 from complications arising from his wounds and was buried in the Netley Military Cemetery, United Kingdom.

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