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Flying Officer JOHN WILLIAM PURCIVALL

Service Number: 401031
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

Date of Death

Died 22 September 1942

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY

Sec. 21E. Grave 7077.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of John William Purcivall, and of Ivy Bertha Purcivall, of New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand.
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HARROGATE (STONEFALL) CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1022
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