Victorian Association of Jewish Ex & Servicemen & Women Australia Incorporated

Founding Member General Sir John Monash GCMG KCB VD

Purcell-Cohen

Surname
Purcell-Cohen
First names
Rupert Raphael
Rank
Captain
Service No.
Date of Death
8/11/1917
Hebrew Date
23 Cheshvan 5678
Hebrew Date
כ״ג בְּחֶשְׁוָן תרע״ח
Age at Death
29
How Died
Died of Illness
Where Died
4th Australian General Hospital, Randwick, NSW
Cemetery
Rookwood Jewish Cemetery, NSW, Australia
Service Details
3rd Battalion, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, AIF
Served
Rabaul, German New Guinea
Occupation
Dentist
Age at Enlistment
26
Place of Enlistment
Sydney, NSW
Locality on Enlistment
"Ruperra" Ithaca Road, Elizabeth Bay, Sydney, NSW
Religion
Jewish
Gender
Male
Date of Enlistment
26/5/1915
Date of Discharge
Country of Enlistment
Australia
Notes
Born 16 September 1888 Sydney, NSW. Son of Edward PURCELL-COHEN & Minnie "Molly" née ROSENTHAL. Husband of Nellie Howard née MARSH, married 1915 in Rubaul, New Guinea. Father of Jean A Purcell-Cohen age 1.

 
 
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