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Sergeant LEONARD LUCAS PURVES

Service Number: 404081
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Australian Air Force

Date of Death

Died 12 December 1941

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

22. A. 9.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Lucas Fred and Bessie Florrie Purves, of North Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
  • Personal Inscription TRANQUIL HE LIES, HIS MEMORY HALLOWED IN THE LAND HE LOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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