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Lieutenant RUPERT BENJAMIN PURBRICK

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES

Sp. Mem. 22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick and Emily Mary Purbrick; husband of Ida W. A. Purbrick, of 91, Finch St., East Malvern, Victoria. Born at Melbourne, Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription PRO PATRIA
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Buried or commemorated at

HEATH CEMETERY, HARBONNIERES
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1860
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