LESLIE PURDON
20th Infantry Battalion
1877 - 1917
PRIVATE LEs PURDON
Les Purdon grew up at Purdons Lane, O’Connell
His parents were Henry and Mary Ann Purdon
His wife was Annie Cristina Purdon
Les enlisted at Bathurst on 22 February 1916 at age 39
SERVICE
13 December 1916—proceeded for France on Princess Henrietta
22 August 1916 - Sailed on the Wiltshire
13 October 1916 - Disembarked at Plymouth, England
13 December 1916 - Sailed to France on
17 December 1916—taken on strength of 20th Infantry Battalion
18 March 2017— died of wounds—as a result of an accident when a grenade exploded prematurely due to a defect in the grenade.
No known resting place
Commemorated at Villers Bretonneux, France and O’Connell ANZAC Memorial Avenue
Listed on the Wall of Remembrance at the Commonwealth War Graves cemetery Australian Memorial – at Villers-Bretonneux, France
CONTACT
Les Purdon was her great uncle
Report of the enquiry into rifle grenade accident in which Les Purdon was killed.