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Private JACK WILLIAM PURVIS

Service Number: H/18598
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 11 April 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

II. H. 12.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Louise C. Purvis, of St. James, Manitoba.
  • Personal Inscription WE LOVED HIM WELL GOD LOVED HIM BEST AND TOOK HIM HOME WITH HIM TO REST
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Buried or commemorated at

HOLTEN CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Overijssel Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1394
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