caption death_date death_place religion birth_place nationality party office birth_date term_start spouse birthname image article_title term_end name restingplace occupation
ernest purnell , 1938 25 july 1954 rockhampton , queensland , australia church of england swansea , wales welsh australian australian labor party member of the queensland legislative council 27 september 1866 10 october 1917 annie kelly -lrb- m. 1894 , d. ,1933 -rrb- ernest bracher purnell ernest purnell , 1938.jpg ernest purnell
 23 march 1922 ernest purnell cremated miner , trade union secretary
ernest purnell

ernest bracher purnell -lrb- 27 september 1866 -- 25 july 1954 -rrb- was a trade union secretary and member of the queensland legislative council .
purnell was born at swansea , wales to thomas purnell and his wife caroline -lrb- née bracher -rrb- .
he worked in broken hill as a miner before moving to rockhampton where he began a long association with the waterside workers ' federation including the role of secretary for 37 years until 1938 .
