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Captain DOUGLAS GORDON PURDY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Calgary Regiment, R.C.A.C.

14th Army Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 19 August 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, HAUTOT-SUR-MER

A. 23.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Gordon Stanley Purdy and Margaret Lundrigan Purdy, of White Rock, British Columbia.
  • Personal Inscription TRUTH, DUTY, VALOR; FEAR NAUGHT REST IN PEACE, DEAR ONE. MOTHER, DAD AND FAMILY
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