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Gunner ALFRED JOSEPH PURKIS

Service Number: 3579
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"V" 12th Trench Mortar Bty.

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN

IV. J. 26.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Joseph and Barbara Purkis.
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Buried or commemorated at

DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3295
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