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Sapper EDMUND HAMILTON PURDIE

Service Number: VX54324
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Engineers

A.I.F. 2/13 Fd. Coy.

Date of Death

Died 25 October 1942

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

A III. F. 6.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Edmund Campbell Purdie and Amy Mary Purdie, of Tauranga, New Zealand.
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EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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