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| Name | PURVIS – William |
|---|---|
| Regiment (s) | 60th Rifles 2nd Battalion |
| Regiment Number (s) | 1360 |
| Date/Age/Place/Trade or Profession at Attestation | 5th June 1839 / 18 years / Glasgow Scotland Gardener |
| Description – Height Complexion/Eyes/Hair/Scars | 5 Ft 9 in Dark / Grey / Dark / None |
| Overseas Service/Duration | Jamaica – 2 years 3 months Canada – 3 years Cape of Good Hope – 7 years 7 months |
| Length of Service | 21 years 29 days |
| Rank/Date/Place of Discharge | Private / 17th January 1861 / Winchester Hampshire England |
| Campaign Medals | Kaffir War 1853 (South African Medal) |
| Intended Residence at Discharge | Dunoon Argyle Scotland |
| Pension Districts | 1861 Paisley 1862 Bermuda (in transit) 1863-1867 Western Australia |
| Pension Paid | 9d per diem |
| Date of Departure and Place England or Ireland | 30th October 1862 Gravesend England (via Bermuda) |
| Ship and Date of Arrival Western Australia | MERCHANTMAN 15th February 1863 |
| Date/Place of Birth | 1821 Paisley Renfrewshire Scotland |
| Date/Place of Baptism | Not yet known |
| Father Date/Place of Birth | Not yet known |
| Mother Date/Place of Birth Marriage | PINKERTON Jane b 1782 Paisley Renfrewshire |
| Siblings | PURVIS Robert b Liberton Midlothian 1806 |
| 1st Wife Date of Birth or Baptism | Not married |
| Date/Place of Marriage | Not applicable |
| Children by 1st Wife | Not applicable |
| Land Grants Western Australia | None |
| Occupation after Arrival | Not yet known |
| Newspaper Articles | Perth Gazette and Western Australia Times 23rd August 1867 – page 3 (sinking of “Emma”) |
| Departure from Western Australia | Not applicable |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial | 1867 Lost at sea aboard “Emma” near Dirk Hartog Island Western Australia |
| Date/Place of Death/Burial Wife | Not applicable |
| Will or Probate | None known |
| Further Information | British Army Worldwide Index 1841 William Purvis 1360 Private 2/60th regt depot location Naas 1851 William Purvis 1360 Private 2/60th regt location Kilkenny In the 1861 Census William Purvis age 38 a Chelsea pensioner born Eastwood Renfrewshire is living at Public Road Dunoon, Argyllshire Scotland with his brother Robert Purvis and his wife and family. Also living at the same address is their widowed mother Jane Pinkerton age 79, born 1782 Paisley. Robert’s occupation is given as a gardener (also in the 1851 Census). Discharge at own request having served upwards of 21 years The Surgeon Superintendent of the Merchantman recorded his conduct as Very Good. William Purvis was a member of the party sent to Roebuck Bay on 16th February 1865 on the “Clarence Packet” to search for the explorers Panter, Harding and Goldwyer. They were returning to Fremantle on the “Emma” when she was wrecked near Dirk Hartog Island in March 1867. His name on the manifest as recorded in the newspapers was wrongly noted as J. Purvis. |
