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Private GEORGE PURDIE

Service Number: 31907
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 November 1941

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

5. K. 14.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of James and Agnes R. Purdie, of Ladysmith, Natal, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY DONE, HE RESTS IN PEACE FAR FROM EARTHLY STRIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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