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Chief Writer EDWARD GEOFFREY PURTELL

Service Number: 12805
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Navy

H.M.A.S. Parramatta

Date of Death

Died 27 November 1941

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

Panel 58, Column 1.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Distinguished Service Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Cregan Purtell and Marie Teresa Purtell; husband of Elsie Kathleen Purtell, of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia.
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