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Gunner HENRY WILLIAM PURNELL

Service Number: 871
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Field Artillery

5th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 29 May 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FRECHENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

D. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Helen Purnell, of Hermitage Rd., Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
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Buried or commemorated at

FRECHENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 57
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