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Able Seaman LEON PURKIN

Service Number: T/124
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Navy

H.M.S. Puriri

Date of Death

Died 14 May 1941

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND

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New Zealand

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Cyryll and Mary Purkin, of Epsom, Auckland.

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Buried or commemorated at

NEW ZEALAND NAVAL MEMORIAL, DEVONPORT, AUCKLAND
Auckland City New Zealand
Number of casualties: 352
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