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2Nd Corporal JOSEPH ERNEST PURDEY

Service Number: 10180
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Engineers

10th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 13 October 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

VI. C. 34.

France

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jessie C. Purdey, of Tongala, Victoria, Australia.
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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