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Leading Aircraftman VINCENT MARTIN PURKISS

Service Number: 432972
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Air Force

Date of Death

Died 13 September 1943

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SPRINGVALE WAR CEMETERY, MELBOURNE

1.N.A.9.

Australia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Rita Victoria Purkiss, of Armidale, New South Wales.
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Buried or commemorated at

SPRINGVALE WAR CEMETERY, MELBOURNE
Victoria Australia
Number of casualties: 611
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