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Pilot Officer ELVIN CURTIS PURNEY

Service Number: J/19590
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

550 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Date of Death

Died 28 May 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY

Coll. grave X. 18. 29.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander Elvin Purney and Mabel Purney.
  • Personal Inscription TO LIVE IN HEARTS WE LEAVE IS NOT TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

BRUSSELS TOWN CEMETERY
Brussels - Capital Region Belgium
Number of casualties: 685
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