Lieutenant Colonel Muir Purser

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Service number N187141
Ranks Held Lieutenant Colonel, Major, Temporary Lieutenant Colonel
Birth Date 1887-01-07
Birth Place Australia: Queensland, Maryborough
Death Date 1970-10-14
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 29th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 30th Australian Infantry Battalion
  • 32nd Australian Infantry Battalion
Place Maryborough
Conflicts/Operations
  • First World War, 1914-1918
  • Second World War, 1939-1945
Gazettes Published in London Gazette in 1917-06-01
Published in London Gazette in 1918-04-06
Published in London Gazette in 1917-11-26
Published in London Gazette in 1917-12-28
Published in London Gazette in 1917-01-04
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-06-29
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-08-30
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-03-07
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1918-04-18
Published in Commonwealth Gazette in 1917-10-04

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    Studio portrait of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Muir Purser DSO. A correspondence clerk from ...

    Group portrait of Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) Muir Purser, DSO and Headquarters staff of 29th ...

    Group portrait of Lieutenant Colonel Muir Purser (centre, front row) and unidentified officers of ...

    Studio portrait of Captain Muir Purser, St George's English Rifle Regiment. He joined the St. ...

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Date of birth 07 January 1887
Date and unit at appointment (Officers) 05 August 1915 Appointed to the 30th Battalion with the rank of major.
Date of embarkation 09 November 1915
Date of enlistment 19 November 1915
Date of recommendation honour or award 23 July 1916
Other units 1916-08-06 - 1916-05-28 Temporary command of the 32nd Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 08 October 1916
Date of recommendation honour or award 12 October 1916
Date promoted 01 December 1916 Appointed temporary liuetenant colonel.
Other units 01 December 1916 Appopinted to command the 29th Battalion.
Date of recommendation honour or award 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 03 February 1917
Date promoted 01 March 1917 Appointed lieutenant colonel.
Date of recommendation honour or award 05 March 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 09 March 1917
Date of recommendation honour or award 03 October 1917
Date returned to Australia 13 March 1918
Date returned to Australia 13 March 1918
Other 06 June 1918 AIF appointment terminated.
Date of death 14 October 1970

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