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Pilot Officer WILLIAM ALEXANDER PURVIS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal New Zealand Air Force

12 Sqdn. A.T.C.

Date of Death

Died 02 January 1944

Age 43 years old

Buried or commemorated at

INVERCARGILL (EASTERN) CEMETERY

Blk. 32. Plot 317.

New Zealand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Husband of Mrs. W. A. Purvis, of 97, Grace Street, Invercargill.
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Buried or commemorated at

INVERCARGILL (EASTERN) CEMETERY
Invercargill City New Zealand
Number of casualties: 54
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