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Wireman CECIL EDWARD PURKISS

Service Number: 24646
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Navy

H.M.A.S. Sydney

Date of Death

Died 20 November 1941

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

Panel 58, Column 1.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Edwin Ernest and Eleanor Miriam Beatrice Purkiss, of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
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