Harold Purchas

Harold Purchas was Archdeacon of Timaru from 1928 to 1930.

He was educated at the University of New Zealand and ordained in 1896. ^[1] After a curacy in Mount Somers he held incumbencies in Christchurch ^[2] and Geraldine before his appointment as Archdeacon. ^[3]

References

1. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929/30 p 1055: Oxford, OUP, 1930
2. The Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12410, 25 January 1906, Page 7
3. St Thomas' Anglican Church, Woodbury South Canterbury, N.Z.