For the fictional character, see Tales from the White Hart.
George Henry Purvis
Harry Purvis, RAAF
Nickname(s)
Harry
Born
(1909-05-06)6 May 1909 Cobar, New South Wales
Died
16 September 1980(1980-09-16) (aged 71) Cairns, Queensland
Allegiance
Australia
Service/branch
Royal Australian Air Force
Years of service
1940–1946
Rank
Wing Commander
Unit
No. 6 Squadron (1940) No. 1 OTU (1942)
Commands held
No. 36 Squadron (1942)
Battles/wars
Second World War
South West Pacific theatre
Awards
Air Force Cross
George Henry "Harry" Purvis, AFC (6 May 1909 — 16 September 1980) was an Australian pioneer aviator, engineer, airline pilot, air-force pilot and author. He was the engineer responsible for maintenance of the famed Southern Cross aircraft. Purvis often flew as co-pilot with Sir Charles Kingsford Smith and was the last person to fly the Southern Cross.[1] Purvis was co-pilot to P. G. Taylor on the first flight across the lower Pacific Ocean from Australia to South America, landing in Chile in 1951.[2]
^""Smithy's Bus" Flies Again". trove.nla.gov.au. Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954)(86). 23 May 1945. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
^"Thousands Welcome Frigate Bird II Back Home". Trove. The Sunday Herald (Sydney, NSW: 1949 - 1953). 22 April 1951. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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becomes completely and forever enraptured by it. As the storyteller, HarryPurvis, explains, Lister theorized that a great melody "made its impression...
frame story set in the fictional "White Hart" pub, where the fictional HarryPurvis narrates the secondary tale. According to the American orchid biologist...
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they moved to the Globe pub in Hatton Garden) where a character named HarryPurvis tells a series of tall tales. Incidental characters inhabiting the White...
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it is a frame story set in the pub "White Hart", where the fictional HarryPurvis narrates the secondary tale. This comic story discusses the career of...
distilling liquor. Purvis manages to get him acquitted, by arguing that he was actually working on a fictional "osmotic bomb". Unfortunately Purvis accidentally...
Clarke, first published in 1957. The story within a story is narrated by HarryPurvis, who recalls a holiday spent submarining off of the Florida Keys. While...
pp. 340–341. Quoted in Purvis 2002, p. 313. Quoted in Purvis 2002, p. 312. Purvis 2002, pp. 318–335. Purvis 2002, p. 314. Purvis 2002, pp. 312–314; Bartley...
figures are rentals in the US and Canada IMDb "Joseph Gershenson bio" HarryPurvis and Clyde Gilmour, Leisure Ways magazine, 1980s. "Beeyoody-ful Life of...
White Hart. The story is the only one in the collection not narrated by HarryPurvis. "Bibliography: Big Game Hunt". Internet Speculative Fiction Database...
with the other trappings of civilization, and then tells Purvis to leave them alone. Purvis continues with his campaign of intimidation, finally burning...
72. Purvis & Hulbert 2016, p. 72. Lownie 2016, p. 70. Lownie 2016, pp. 72–73. Purvis & Hulbert 2016, p. 94. Lownie 2016, pp. 94–95. Mount, Harry (29 September...
screenplay he co-wrote with Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on a story conceived by Purvis, Wade and Fukunaga. Léa Seydoux, Ben...
was subsequently given the tip early on April 22.[citation needed] Melvin Purvis and a number of agents arrived by plane from Chicago, and with the gang's...
artist Humphrey Kent as Pat's wscort John Wadham as loan service driver HarryPurvis as Charlie Richard George as Police Constable Frank Forsyth as Inspector...
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