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Record #23441
Name :
: James Harry PURT (1893 - 1916)
  aka : Private Purt, James H. Bu


Father
:
Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 12 Nov 1893

Marriage (1)
:
Marriage (2)
:

Date of Death
: 2 Jun 1916   Notes : Killed in Action
Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Suffolk, Bury St Edmunds
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialBelgium
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 7 May 1907
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Dominion

Placement Family
: Smith
Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
: Barnardo Homes

Agency
: Barnardos
NotesThe following records have been discerned for Private James Harry Purt.

England & Wales, FreeBMD Birth Index, 1837-1915
Name: James Harry Purt
Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1894
Registration District: Bury St Edmunds
Inferred County: Suffolk
Volume: 4a
Page: 792

1901 English Census records place the family of Martha and George Purt in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England. In residence are their children Nellie (19), George (17), Florry (14), Fred (9), James (6) and Louisa (1). George was a General Labourer by trade.

Library and Archives Canada
Surname: BURT
Given Name: James H
Age: 13
Sex: M
Ship: Dominion
Year of Arrival: 1907
Departure Port: Liverpool
Departure Date: 1907-04-25
Arrival Port: Quebec
Arrival Date: 1907-05-07
Party: Barnardo Homes
Destination: Toronto, Ontario
Comments: See also reels T-526 and C-4716
Source: Library and Archives Canada
Reference: RG 76 C1a
Microfilm: T-489
Type of Record: Passenger Lists

1911 Canadian Census records place James Harry Purt as a Servant in the household of Hattie and James Smith in Innisfil, Ontario, Canada. Aged 18 years, he was born Nov 1892 and immigrated from England in 1907.

Attestation papers were sgned 4 Jun 1915 in Niagara, Ontario. James Harry Purt was born 12 Nov 1893 in England. He was a farmer by trade. His NExt of Kin was his Mother, Martha Purt of Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England. 5'6" in height with blue eyes and light brown hair, he had 5 vaccination marks on his left arm. His faith was listed as Church of England.

Commonwealth War Graves Registers and Circumstances of Casualty state that he had previously been reported missing, and then to have died. His Next of Kin was Mrs. Martha Purt of 15 Pelican Court, Eastgate Street, Bury St. Edmund, England. His body was not recovered for burial, his name is listed on Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium.

Toronto Star Newspaper reported on 12 Jun 1917 that Pte. J. H. Purt who had enlisted at the Niagara Camp in 1915 with one of the so-called Third Contingent battalions had died. After being in the trenches since the beginning on 1916 he had been fatally wounded.

Find A Grave Memorial# 12048849 
ContributorsCreated : 2013-12-17 16:53:44 / From original database

Last Updated : 2013-12-17 17:00:15 /

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