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Lieutenant WILLIAM THORNTON PURKIS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Artillery

3 Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 09 July 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, REVIERS

XII. A. 1.

France

661st Commission Meeting, Normandy, France - 15 & 16 June 2010

Photographer: Claire Samber S&ERM

  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Thornton and Clara S. Purkis, of Toronto, Ontario.
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Buried or commemorated at

BENY-SUR-MER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, REVIERS
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2049
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