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Flight Sergeant JAMES JOHN PURVES

Service Number: 422207
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

75 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 25 October 1943

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY

Grave 14723.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of James Purves and of Martha Purves (nee Davis); husband of Isabella Margaret Purves, of Orangimea, Auckland, New Zealand.
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CAMBRIDGE CITY CEMETERY
Cambridgeshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1026
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