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Lance Corporal JOHN RUSSELL PURDY

Service Number: B/72990
Regiment & Unit/Ship

48th Highlanders of Canada, R.C.I.C.

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 October 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CESENA WAR CEMETERY

IV, H, 2.

Italy

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John Campbell Purdy and Marguerite Jane Purdy, of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription FAITHFUL TILL DEATH THROUGH PAIN AND STRIFE GOD GIVE HIM PEACE AND ETERNAL LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

CESENA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 775
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