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Kent Weekly (SS/DSV) (DBF), EMCS
to remember
Purdy, Gilbert Harrison (OLD SALT), Sea.
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Contact Info
Home Town Poughkeepsie, NY
Last Address 808 Harrison St San Diego, CA
Date of Passing Dec 26, 1912
Location of Interment Greenwood Cemetery - San Diego, California
Wall/Plot Coordinates Palm Terrace, Lot 160, Gravespace 4
Military Service Number 1 568 973
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Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
He was retired and living in San Diego upon the occasion of his death.
At the time of his death, he was the oldest enlisted man on the Navy's retired list.
Other Comments:
Gilbert Purdy is the Old Salt standing spinning yarns.
Photograph taken on board USS Mohican in 1888 by Assistant Surgeon H.W. Whitaker, USN.
The Sailors in the photograph are (from left to right): David Ireland, Gilbert H. Purdy, John T. Griffith and John King.
