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Acting Bombardier ARTHUR OSBORNE PURCHAS

Service Number: 337330
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

47th Heavy Artillery Group

Date of Death

Died 28 November 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. E. 17.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late A. H. and A. D. Purchas, of Sunderland, Co. Durham.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK
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