Roll of Honour
Purdy, John Smith
Biography: Son of George Purdy; born Morpeth, 31 January 1872. M.B., 1898; M.D., 1904; D.P.H. (Camb.), 1903. Surgeon-Captain, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1901. Mobilized as Major, Australian Army Medical Corps, 28 September 1914. Served-Egypt, Dardanelles, France, 4 years. Final rank, Acting Colonel. D.S.O., June 1917. Two mentions, September, December, 1917.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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